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...pply: (1) It is free of impoundments constructed by humans for at least seventy-five per cent of the length of the watercourse or section of the watercourse or it is combined with another section of a watercourse that has been designated a wild river. (2) It has shorelines or watersheds that are largely primitive and undeveloped, but accessible in places by roads. (E) "Scenic river lands" means any area of lan...

...ncies administering any federal program concerning wild, scenic, or recreational river systems; and participate in watershed planning activities with other states, local or federal agencies, or other state agencies. (D) The chief shall do the following: (1) Formulate policies and plans for the acquisition, use, management, and protection of nature preserves; (2) Formulate policies for the selection of natural a...

...(6) of section 1517.02 of the Revised Code.

...e, soil science, geology, paleontology, conservation, and similar fields; (B) For the teaching of biology, natural history, ecology, geology, conservation, and other subjects; (C) As habitats for plant and animal species and communities and other natural objects; (D) As reservoirs of natural materials; (E) As places of natural interest and beauty; (F) For visitation whereby persons may observe and experience nat...

...terms or conditions of the articles of dedication of a nature preserve accepted by the director and filed with the county recorder. The director may order any person to cease and desist from any such violation. No person shall violate any such order.

...partment may grant, upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, an estate, interest, or right in, or dispose of, a nature preserve, but only after a finding by the department of the existence of an imperative and unavoidable public necessity for the grant or disposition and with the approval of the governor.

...Before the department of natural resources makes any finding of the existence of an imperative and unavoidable public necessity, or grants any estate, interest, or right in a nature preserve or disposes of a nature preserve or of any estate, interest, or right therein as provided in section 1517.06 of the Revised Code, it shall give notice of the proposed action and an opportunity for any person to be heard at a publ...

...municipal corporations, park districts, conservancy districts, universities, colleges, and school districts, may dedicate natural areas under their jurisdiction in accordance with section 1517.05 of the Revised Code.

...other area or the proper management and development thereof, except that any agency administering an area dedicated as a nature preserve under section 1517.05 of the Revised Code shall be responsible for preserving the character of the area in accordance with the articles of dedication and the applicable rules with respect thereto established by the chief of the division of natural areas and preserves. Neither the de...

...consist of moneys transferred into it under section 5747.113 of the Revised Code and of contributions made directly to it. Any person may contribute directly to the fund in addition to or independently of the income tax refund contribution system established in that section. (B) Moneys in the fund shall be disbursed pursuant to vouchers approved by the director of natural resources for use by the division of natur...

...n of natural areas and preserves in the department of natural resources for preservation, management, land acquisition, and educational programs at the lake Katharine nature preserve. The moneys in the fund shall be derived from gifts, donations, bequests, and other moneys for the purposes for which the fund is created. The treasurer of state shall be the custodian of the fund, which shall not be a part of the state ...

...ted in section 1517.12 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the fund created in this section and disbursed pursuant to vouchers approved by the director of natural resources for use by the division of natural areas and preserves in the department of natural resources solely for preservation, management, land acquisition, and educational programs at the lake Katharine nature preserve.

...ncies administering any federal program concerning wild, scenic, or recreational river systems. (B) The director may propose to create a wild, scenic, or recreational river that consists of a part or parts of any watercourse in this state that in the director's judgment possesses water conservation, scenic, fish, wildlife, historic, or outdoor recreation values that should be preserved. (C)(1) The director shall...

...ned land if necessary to preserve water conservation, scenic, fish, wildlife, historic, or outdoor recreation values. The court of common pleas having jurisdiction, upon petition by the director, shall enjoin work on any highway, road, or structure or channel modification for which such approval has not been obtained.

...l rivers and scenic river lands and for construction of facilities on publicly owned lands that are administered by the division and are within the watersheds of those rivers. The chief, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may expend for the purpose of administering the state programs for wild, scenic, and recreational rivers money that is: (1) Appropriated by the general assembly for that pu...

...to the effective date of this amendment continues to be the advisory council for the applicable wild, scenic, or recreational river for purposes of sections 1517.14 to 1517.19 of the Revised Code on and after that date.

...ablished for the purpose of protecting, conserving, or developing recreational access to waters in this state that possess outstanding scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other similar values.

...the Revised Code shall not be deemed in conflict with certain powers and duties conferred on and delegated to federal agencies and to municipal corporations under Section 7 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, or as provided by sections 721.04 to 721.11 of the Revised Code.

...void, cavity, recess, or system of interconnecting passages beneath the surface of the earth or within a cliff or ledge, including, without limitation, a grotto, rock shelter, sinkhole, cavern, pit, natural well, pothole, or subsurface water and drainage system. (B) "Cave life" means any organism that naturally occurs in, uses, visits, or inhabits any cave, except those animals that are permitted to be taken under C...

...d species; and that caves are a natural conduit for groundwater flow and are highly subject to water pollution, thus having far-reaching effects transcending man's property boundaries. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the general assembly to protect these unique and great natural, historical, scientific, and cultural resources.

...anagement advice to owners upon request concerning the protection of caves on their land.

...gate, or other device designed to limit control, or prevent access to or entry into a cave; (3) Remove, deface, or tamper with any posted sign giving notice against unauthorized access to or presence in a cave or citing any of the provisions of sections 1517.21 to 1517.26 or division (B) of section 1517.99 of the Revised Code; (4) Place refuse, garbage, dead animals, sewage, or toxic substances harmful to cave life...

...No person shall sell or offer for sale speleothems collected from caves in this state.

...emises are safe for such purposes; (2) Confer on the permittee the legal status of an invitee or licensee to whom a duty of care is owed; (3) Assume responsibility for or incur liability for any injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by an act or omission of a permittee. (B) This section does not limit the liability which otherwise exists for injury, death, or loss to persons or property caused by an ...

...son is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of section 1517.24 or section 1517.25 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (C) Whoever violates division (B) of section 1517.24 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. (D) Whoever violates section 1517.051 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degr...