Protecting Ohio’s Natural Resources
150 YEARS OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
In the decade after the Civil War, a movement to restore Ohio’s fish populations (primarily for eating, not so much for recreation at the time) gave birth in 1873 to the Ohio Fish Commission, our state’s first attempt at professional wildlife management. Fast-forward a century and a half to today’s Ohio Division of Wildlife, successor to the Ohio Fish Commission, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year.