Category: Ohio
Lake Erie, other Great Lakes could be hurt by federal cuts and hiring freezes
Two of the biggest threats to the Great Lakes region’s $7 billion fishery — invasive carp and sea lampreys — will get worse if the Trump Administration’s federal cuts and hiring freezes are not done more methodically, officials said Monday.
State commission offering environmental justice grants
Six grants are being offered by the state of Ohio for environmental projects that help improve underserved groups of people.
Blast of snow will be followed by frigid weather
Wildwood Willie, Metroparks Toledo’s inanimate groundhog, predicted an early spring.
State DNR asks for help in finding eagle nests
State wildlife biologists are seeking volunteers to help them locate active bald eagle nests.
Much of northwest Ohio considered abnormally dry now
Land across much of northwest Ohio, including portions of Lucas, Wood, Seneca, and Wyandot counties, is considered abnormally dry, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map issued Thursday.