TOLEDO, OH - Reports detailing the results of five projects supported by the Lake Erie Protection Fund are available online for public view, according to the Ohio Lake Erie Commission, the awarding agency.

COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) today announced a total of $390,235 in grants to 15 public colleges and universities across the state to expand recycling and waste reduction efforts on their campuses.

COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has confirmed that viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHSv), a virus that causes disease in fish but does not pose any threat to public health, was confirmed present in muskellunge sampled during routine egg collection in Clear Fork Reservoir in late April. The reservoir is located in Richland and Morrow counties.

COLUMBUS, OH - Governor Ted Strickland signed legislation last week that increased the horsepower limit on Pymatuning Lake in Ashtabula County from 9.9 to 20 horsepower. The new rule was part of a comprehensive package of boater safety laws that went into effect on June 13.

SANDUSKY, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Office of Coastal Management recently awarded a total of $241,957 in grants to communities on Lake Erie in order to enhance public access, preserve important habitats and foster greater appreciation of the area's nautical history.

COLUMBUS, OH - Cutting costs doesn't mean you have to cut family fun. An Ohio fishing license is a cost-effective gift that makes it easy for dad and the whole family to relax at a nearby lake or stream.

COLUMBUS, OH - Lake Erie anglers fishing in Ohio waters west of Huron are reminded that the 30-fish daily bag limit for yellow perch is reduced to 25 fish, effective July 1.

The reduction, approved by the Ohio Wildlife Council in March, is in response to declining yellow perch stocks in western Lake Erie, generally attributed to poor spawning. The daily bag limit will remain at 30 fish per angler from the Huron pier eastward, where perch stocks are more plentiful.

SANDUSKY, OH - Seven Wisconsin men paid more than $4,600 in fines and restitution this week, while two of the men spent three days in jail, for taking more than the legal limit of walleyes from Lake Erie during the recent holiday weekend.

COLUMBUS, OH - Hunters wanting to participate in Ohio's fall controlled deer and waterfowl hunts have until July 31 to submit permit applications for a random drawing. Hunters can submit their applications online at wildohio.com.

COLUMBUS, OH - The Ridgeway Fire Department of Hardin County will receive a 1986 Chevrolet four-wheel drive pick-up truck through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry.

COLUMBUS, OH - Nominations are now being accepted for the Ohio Natural Resources Hall of Fame, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).

For the past 42 years, the Hall of Fame has been the state's top honor for individuals past and present who have improved the quality of life in Ohio through natural resources management, environmental education or scientific achievement.

COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), in conjunction with the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP), has released a report on the geology of a potential carbon dioxide sequestration well site in eastern Ohio's Belmont County.

COLUMBUS, OH - Warm weather may be arriving a bit late in most areas of Ohio, but this weekend the Buckeye State offers a wide variety of amazing spring fishing.

From the north shores of Lake Erie to the hundreds of inland lakes and thousands of miles of streams, opportunities are plentiful to catch "the big one." Everyone from the most avid angler to the child who is fishing for the first time will find Ohio has a waterway nearby that offers fishing fun!

COLUMBUS, OH - A Meigs County elementary recently became the first Ohio school to place first in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) championship tournament.

Meigs Intermediate School Elementary scored 3,178 points to take the national title in the elementary school division at the 2008 NASP National Championship Tournament in Louisville, Kentucky. The team's effort topped the performances of 31 other elementary schools from across the U.S. Maysville Elementary School from Muskingum County finished third in the division.

COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 23 to announce tougher enforcement of existing idle speed zone regulations along a 1.75-mile stretch of the Ohio River between the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge and Brent Spence Bridge, linking Ohio and Kentucky.

COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and its local partners in Fairfield County and the City of Lancaster dedicated phases one and two of the Lancaster City Bike Trail today, as part of an ongoing celebration of the Clean Ohio Fund and its support of recreational trail construction statewide.

COLUMBUS, OH - Hunters checked 18,556 wild turkeys during Ohio's four-week, statewide spring turkey-hunting season that ended May 18, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

TOLEDO, OH - The Ohio Lake Erie Commission (OLEC) will hold its quarterly meeting at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 5, at the Ohio Department of Agriculture Auditorium A, 8995 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg.

COLUMBUS, OH - In an effort to increase life jacket wear among boaters, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Watercraft will hold "Wear It Ohio" safety awareness events at Salt Fork, Portage Lakes and Caesar Creek state parks on May 17-18.

COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and its local partners in the City of Lancaster and Fairfield County will cut the ribbon on phases one and two (6.8 miles) of the Lancaster City Bike Trail at 3 p.m. on Monday, May 19. The ceremony will take place at the trailhead behind Forest Rose School, 1592 Granville Pike in Lancaster.