June 14, 2008 by admin.

NEWS
Explore The Outdoors with your kids this summer at Ohio State Parks! Check out the website www.exploretheoutdoorsohio.com

We want to see your kids connecting with nature at Ohio State Parks! “Kids Exploring the Outdoors” photo contest deadline is November 5, 2008

Wi-Fi Service is coming this summer to the campgrounds at Dillon • Jackson Lake • Mosquito Lake • Pymatuning
Wi-Fi service is already available at no charge to registered campers at Alum Creek • East Harbor • Grand Lake St Marys • Hueston Woods • Rocky Fork
Wi-Fi is available for a fee at the nine state park resort lodges

“Dog Friendly” cottages are available at Burr Oak • Dillon • Hueston Woods • Lake Hope • Maumee Bay • Mohican • Pike Lake • Pymatuning • Salt Fork • Shawnee

Disc Golf Courses are available at Buck Creek • Delaware • East Harbor • Findley • Forked Run • Great Seal • Hueston Woods • Independence Dam • Pike Lake • Rocky Fork

Archery Ranges are offered at Barkcamp • Beaver Creek • Hocking Hills • Hueston Woods • Punderson • Salt Fork • Shawnee

Swim Safe! beach safety program, begun in 2000, remains focused on its slogan “Keep an eye on the kids!”

Ohio State Park Lodges are “Going Green”

Check out the improvements planned for Middle Bass Island State Park

See what else is going on at ODNR

NATURE CORNER

Check out this month’s Nature Thing for Kids

Stuff for Kids

Other educational resources

EVENTS

Check out the series of Gander Mountain Paddle Quest events at Ohio State Parks

See what’s happening in the state parks during June and July

FYI
Check out Campground Availability to see which parks still have campsites available for the upcoming weekend and summer holidays.

Download the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of the Ohio State Parks magazine.

Support Ohio’s state parks when you renew your vehicle registration with our special license plate

Want to make a difference to your favorite Ohio State Park? Become an Ohio State Park Volunteer

Ohio State Parks Gift Card or merchandise make terrific holiday gifts!

DEALS

Take your next vacation at one of our beautiful resorts. See what specials are available at:

Burr Oak Mohican
Deer Creek Punderson
Geneva Salt Fork
Hueston Woods Shawnee
Maumee Bay
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May 26, 2007 by admin.

Lawn owners will gather the evening of July 19, 2007 to learn how to correctly collect a soil sample, have their lawn soil tested (free), and become better stewards of our lake and waterways.  For all the details, View and Print the Lawn Fertilizer Workshop brochure.

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May 24, 2007 by PilotRE.

May 24, 2007 at 1:46 pm  Great input from the truthdoctor! The technology exists to solve many of the issues. Islands can be built. Wetlands can be restored. The lake depth can be increased. The shoreline can be protected. But it all takes money and lots of it. No one wants to pay a use tax; and the State’s budgets are spoken for. Frankly the only possible short term solution is private philanthropic gifting and for that we need to start thinking outside the box and direct our energies to such a possibility. The State and its bureaucratic hierarchy has a proven record of ineffective activity with regards to water quality so perhaps indeed we must turn to the private sector for assistance.

A petition to improve our watershed that contained nearly 2000 signatures was sent to both Ohio governor candidates last summer. Neither, including our new Governor Strickland showed anyone the courtesy of a response. We must all realize that private enterprise represents the only viable solution to our clean water and lake level issues. The State of Ohio is broke and clearly has other priorities.

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