Ohio Department of Natural Resources

For the first time in a decade, Ohio has a state-run tree nursery. It’s meant to address regional tree shortages and help with state-run conservation initiatives.

Last year, Ohio biologists collected a pregnant fisher killed on the side of the road. They say it’s a sign the weasel-like animal could be reproducing here again, for the first time in more than a century.

Want to spend more time immersed in nature this year? Jason Fallon from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources shares his knowledge of the state’s outdoors.

The coal industry has been declining for decades, leaving a disrupted, and often dangerous, landscape in its wake. Now, a federal program seeks to revitalize abandoned mine land.

There are thousands of oil and gas wells scattered across eastern Ohio. They can leak for months without a fix.

Sandhill cranes are native to Ohio, but they were pushed out of the state completely for decades. Now, they’re making a comeback.

A legendary Ohio Olympian will be honored tomorrow.Jesse Owens is widely regarded as one of the most talented track and field athletes in history. He…

Gov. John Kasich’s final State of the State speech last week has been praised and criticized for what it included and what was left out. But there was one…

New bipartisan legislation has been introduced to make fishing, hunting and trapping licenses easier to get and more affordable. Gary Obermiller with the…

An environmental group and an oil and gas industry lobbying group are both praising a bill that passed the House that would streamline the process of…