The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) guarantees a harmony between astute use and assurance of our characteristic assets to help all. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources possesses and oversees in excess of 590,000 sections of land of land including 74 state parks, 21 state woods, 136 state nature jam, and 117 untamed life regions. Likewise the ODNR licenses all chasing, fishing, and watercraft in the state and is liable for supervising and allowing all mineral extraction, observing dam wellbeing, overseeing water assets, organizing the movement of Ohio's 88 area soil and water protection areas, planning the state's major geologic constructions and mineral assets, and advancing reusing and litter anticipation through award programs in nearby networks.