* This event is being rescheduled to Thursday June 4th due to inclement weather predicted for Tuesday.

FINDLAY, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife will be conducting a bald eagle banding on Tuesday June 2, 2009 at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge in Ottawa County. This event is open to the public, and offers a great opportunity to see our national symbol up close. This was originally scheduled for May 28, 2009. That event was cancelled due to inclement weather.

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ST MARYS, OH - The first saugeyes ever to be stocked in Grand Lake St. Marys will be released Friday, May 29 at 1:00 p.m. at the boat ramp near the State Park office, according to Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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MILFORD, OH – Meadowview Elementary School ended the 2009 school year as a WILD School Site after being certified by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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XENIA, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife biologist will be banding peregrine falcon chicks at their nest site located at the PNC Bank building in Cincinnati May 29, 2009. The banding will take place at 10:00 a.m.

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ABERDEEN, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife will be banding peregrine falcon chicks at their nest site located at the J. M. Stuart Power Station on May 22, 2009 at 2:30 p.m.

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XENIA, OH – Former Preble County Wildlife Officer Brian Goldick was recently promoted to Wildlife Officer Supervisor according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife.

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COLUMBUS, OH - The first record of European rudd in Ohio waters was recorded this week. It was caught by licensed Ohio commercial fisherman Jim Swartz, who netted the fish near the Lakeside Pier in Marblehead and brought it to state fisheries biologists in Sandusky for identification, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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COLUMBUS, OH - Hunters checked 18,936 wild turkeys during Ohio's four-week, statewide spring turkey-hunting season that ended May 17, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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CAMBRIDGE, OH – As part of a recent court sentencing for the crime of spotlighting deer from a motor vehicle, a Tuscarawas County man has composed an apology to Ohio’s sportsmen according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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Findlay, OH -- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife would like to remind the public that the former Crane Creek State Park is now part of Magee Marsh Wildlife Area.  Last year the state park was transferred to the Ohio Division of Wildlife.

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AKRON, OH – Occupying the grounds of the old Akron fish hatchery, the Division of Wildlife District Three youth fishing ponds are open to anglers 15 and under beginning Memorial Day weekend and continuing through Labor Day. Equipment, bait, and assistance are provided at no charge thanks to the purchases of Ohio fishing licenses.

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COLUMBUS, OH - Some landowners whose Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts expire in September can now extend their contracts, keeping the land in grassland or woodland.

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COLUMBUS, OH - Nineteen Ohio teams of 430 student archers competed at the 2009 National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) National Championship, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. The competition was held in Louisville, Kentucky on May 8 and 9; it drew more than 4,500 students from 35 states and Canadian provinces.

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COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife invites anglers to visit www.ohiodnr.com/creel to take a new online angler survey.
 

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COLUMBUS, OH -- A pair of bald eagles has returned to Indian Lake, recording the first nest in Logan County since the restoration program began in 1979, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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AKRON, OH – Former Mahoning County Wildlife Officer Dave Brown was recently promoted to Wildlife Officer Supervisor according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife.

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IRONTON, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife will be conducting a peregrine falcon banding on Friday, May 22 at the small park located on the Kentucky side of the Ironton-Russell Bridge. This event offers those who attend the opportunity for an up-close look at peregrine falcon nestlings. There are three confirmed nestlings that hatched on May 1, 2009.

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FINDLAY, OH -- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife will be banding peregrine falcon chicks from the Chase Bank Building nest in Lima on Thursday May 14.

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DAYTON, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife will be banding peregrine falcon chicks at their nest site located at the Liberty Bank Tower in Dayton, on May 18, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.

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Governor Ted Strickland's Second Annual Youth-Celebrity Spring Turkey Hunt paired renowned hunters with a group of up and coming Ohio sportsmen and women for a premier wild turkey hunting opportunity.

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CLEVELAND,OH – Wildlife biologists from the ODNR Division of Wildlife will be examining peregrine falcon chicks and placing identifying metal bands on their legs on Friday, May 8th, 2009. A total of three chicks began hatching on April 18th. A fourth egg remains in the nest unhatched.

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CHESTERLAND, OH – Participants can still register for a May 12th educational workshop combining Projects WILD and Learning Tree (PLT) as well as WILD School Sites. Teachers, youth group leaders, naturalists, and others will find this workshop both exciting and informative. The workshop will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Westwood Elementary and West Geauga High School.

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COLUMBUS, OH - In the spring and early summer, when wildlife reproduction is at its peak, you may discover a nest of young birds or rabbits, a fawn or another wild animal with no adult in sight. Enjoy the scene, but leave them alone! Wildlife parents are very devoted to their young and rarely abandon them. If taken from their natural habitat, young animals have little chance of surviving.

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COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio hunters killed 9,054 wild turkeys in the first seven days of the spring hunting season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Last year, 10,374 birds were harvested during the season's first week.

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MOGADORE, OH - Dock renovations at Mogadore Reservoir in Portage County have been ongoing as part of an Eagle Scout project, undertaken with the assistance of local Scout Troop 559.

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COLUMBUS, OH - Four hundred and thirty-eight Ohio elementary, middle, and high school students, encompassing 19 teams, will participate in the May 8 and 9 National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) Championships in Louisville, Kentucky.

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COLUMBUS, OH - Ohioans are encouraged to take advantage of "Free Fishing Days" on May 2 and 3 and experience the great fishing Ohio has to offer, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. For these two days only, Ohio anglers may fish in any of the state's public waters without having to buy a fishing license.

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RAVENNA, OH- April 22, 2009 marked the 39th anniversary of Earth Day. To commemorate this event, the Ohio Division of Wildlife completed one of its most successful collaborations to date. Fish management personnel and the Mahoning County Green Team joined forces to gather used Christmas trees and cinder blocks across northeast Ohio and introduce them as fish concentration devices into West Branch Reservoir (Portage County).

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COLUMBUS, OH - Saturday, May 2 marks the second annual Youth Turkey Hunt hosted by Gov. Ted Strickland, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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COLUMBUS, OH - The Council for Environmental Education in Washington, D.C. has named Jen Dennison as this year's winner of the Rudy Schafer Outstanding Coordinator award.  Dennison works for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife and has been Ohio's Project WILD Coordinator since 2000.

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