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Author: news editor Created: 7/13/2007 2:40 PM
News Releases from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Forestry Division

08/29/08 - Public encouraged to attend to ask questions and submit comments

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06/12/08 - sycamore anthracnose and oak anthracnose, diseases affecting the foliage of sycamore and white oak trees

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05/30/08 - Ridgeway Fire Department receive a 1986 Chevrolet four-wheel drive pick-up truck Division of Forestry

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05/6/08 - Superior Hardwoods of Ohio, Inc. first woodland to become protected through the federal Forest Legacy Program. 

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05/05/08 - After 17 years of quiet, cicadas will soon emerge

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04/17/08 - Coalton Volunteer Fire Department receive a 1984 Chevrolet four-wheel drive pickup truck through Division of Forestry

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04/15/08 - The Geneva-on-the-Lake Fire Department receive a 1986 Chevrolet four-wheel drive pickup truck through the Division of Forestry

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04/14/08 - Athens County resident Dan Kincaid was named private lands and nursery administrator for the Division of Forestry

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Athens County resident Dan Kincaid was recently named private lands and nursery administrator for the ODNR Division of Forestry.

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In coming weeks, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry will be using prescribed burns as part of the management plan at Shawnee State Forest in Scioto County.

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A 436-acre forested area located in Muskingum County and owned by Superior Hardwoods of Ohio, Inc. is the first woodland in the state to become permanently protected through the federal Forest Legacy Program, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry. Media invited to meet landowner and review national conservation program

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Landowners who order a minimum of 500 conifer seedlings in any of six varieties from ODNR for planting this spring, can receive an equal number of free white pine seedlings.

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Landowners with property along streams, wetlands and moist bottomlands are encouraged to protect these riparian areas by planting trees that will create buffer zones, prevent soil erosion and attract wildlife.

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Gander Mountain stores in the Columbus suburbs of Reynoldsburg and Hilliard are partnering with the ODNR Division of Forestry to help property owners learn proven ways of attracting more wildlife to their lands through good forest management.

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Woodland owners in 31 northeastern and southeastern Ohio counties can now apply for participation in a federal conservation easement program that provides a one-time payment in exchange for voluntarily agreeing to permanently maintain their woods as working forests.

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Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department and Elm Grove Volunteer Fire Department in Pike County recently received Firewise Hazard Mitigation Grants through the ODNR Division of Forestry. Jackson Township VFD received a $5,190 grant and Elm Grove VFD received $3,100.

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The Scioto Township Volunteer Fire Department of Jackson County will receive a complete self-contained breathing system for use in fighting fires through the ODNR Division of Forestry.

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Governor Ted Strickland recently directed ODNR to begin the process of attaining third-party certification for Ohio's state forests, assuring the continued health of these woodlands while recognizing them as management models for the state's nearly 400,000 woodland owners.

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As part of an agreement signed in February of this year that limits impacts of gas well maintenance clearing activities, Columbia Gas Transmission will begin work the first week of December to remove trees around eight gas storage wells located within Mohican-Memorial State Forest and Mohican State Park.

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Fall Color remains peak throughout most of southern Ohio, with the golds and russets of hickories and oaks dominating the landscape in the southern third of the state.

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