By Michelle Comer and Bethany Gray Last month marked 50 years of Ohio’s state nature preserve system. On June 2, 1976, Gov. Jim Rhodes signed legislation that made the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s Division of Natural Areas and Preserves, or ODNAP, a permanent division within the department. The division began with 19 preserves — all dedicated prior to the division’s birth. The first state nature preserve was Mentor Marsh in Lake County,…
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