Conservation

The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission has put over 12,000 acres of a remote wildlife area, called Egypt Valley, out to bid for fracking.

Private property owners, four schools, a church and Licking County seeded a total of 32 plots, ranging in size from 50 square feet up to several acres.

Eastern hellbenders are North America’s largest salamanders. In Ohio, they’re endangered.

"Ohio: Wild at Heart," narrated by Columbus native Archie Griffin, will show in IMAX theatres at Ohio museums starting in October.

We're talking about what the Trump administration wants to do with public lands across the U.S.

The Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District restored a stream in a Jefferson Township neighborhood to help prevent flooding near houses and better capture pollutants.

We're talking about what the Trump administration wants to do with public lands across the U.S.

Columbus Audubon is removing invasive plants in Calamus Swamp thanks to a $175,000 grant from the Ohio EPA and the hard work of volunteers who remove plants by hand.

President Donald Trump wants to expand American timber production in the nation’s national forests by 25%. A March executive order said cutting more trees will effect the construction and energy industries, but also improve forest management to reduce wildfire risk.

More Perfect Union, the progressive group funding the billboards, says it is advertising the government cuts in multiple states and for multiple national parks.