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Ohio animals

The red fox is one of the two speces in Ohio

The killdeer shorebirds are a large order of birds adapted for a life on or near the water some are wading birds others are swimmers

Ohio wildlife

Ohio Wildlife Center is a leader in wildlife rehabilitation and conservation education.  We are dedicated to fostering awareness and appreciation of Ohio's native wildlife through rehabilitation, education and wildlife health studies.  

Every year, concerned citizens from across Ohio bring nearly 5,000 injured, orphaned and ill animals to our wildlife hospital in northwest Columbus.  We also educate thousands of children and adults through our on and off-site education programs.

Ohio beaches

Ohio beaches remain the second most polluted in the country and Cuyahoga County overtook Lorain County for the most polluted beach water among Ohio counties alongside Lake Erie, according to an environmental advocacy group.

Ohio flag

Ohio’s official flag was adopted by an act of the Ohio Legislature on May 9, 1902. The Ohio burgee (bûr’je), as the swallow-tailed design is properly called, was drawn by John Eisenmann, architect and designer for the Ohio State Pan-American Exposition Commission.

The Ohio flag has three red and two white horizontal stripes. At its staff end is a blue triangular field whose apex is at the center of the middle red stripe; there are 17 white, five-pointed stars grouped around a red disc superimposed upon a white circular “O

Ohio flower

Ohio adopted its official state flower, the red carnation, in 1904. The state legislature chose the red carnation to honor President William McKinley, an Ohioan, who was assassinated in 1901. McKinley liked to wear red carnations stuck in his buttonhole on the lapel of his jacket.

Ohio natural resources

Ohio is blessed with a rich and varied landscape. From the rolling foothills of the Alleghany Mountain range in Southern Ohio to the fertile, flat farmland of Northwest Ohio.

Ohio physical features

Bays and woods and forests