ODNR Director Mary Mertz outlines plans for improving water quality, restoring wetlands

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Mary Mertz, the new director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, said she has a wealth of plans for improving water quality, restoring wetlands and increasing hunter access to public lands.

“We have seen the water quality issues in Toledo four years ago, and while some things have changed, the phosphorus levels are not changing the way they should,” Mertz said this week during a wide-ranging discussion at a State of Tourism program hosted by the Lake Erie Shores & Islands tourism group...read more.