ODNR hosts annual Ohio Women’s Outdoor Adventure weekend at Salt Fork State Park

The Daily Jeffersonian
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COLUMBUS − The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has announced the ninth annual Ohio Women’s Outdoor Adventure weekend will be held Sept. 8-10, at Salt Fork State Park and Lodge.

It is a weekend program that introduces women to new outdoor skills such as boating, fishing, hunting, and nature programming. It is open to women 16 years old and older and is tailored to beginners. Minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Registration opens for first-time participants opens at noon on June 21, and registration for past participants begins at noon on June 28.

The Ohio Women’s Outdoor Adventure weekend program will be held Sept. 8-10, at Salt Fork State Park. Registration opens later this month.
The Ohio Women’s Outdoor Adventure weekend program will be held Sept. 8-10, at Salt Fork State Park. Registration opens later this month.

This year’s participants will be able to choose between a variety of outdoor activities and sessions including kayaking, disc golf, standup paddle boarding, fishing, hiking, gun basics, stream monitoring, wild edibles, and more.

Participants will stay the weekend at the Salt Fork State Park Lodge and Conference Center near Cambridge.

The cost is $385 per person, based on double occupancy, and includes lodging, five meals, a T-shirt, transportation between venues, and evening activities. There are 95 spots open for this year’s event.

Activities are divided into three categories and include:

On the Water∎ Boat and Camper Trailering∎ Go Creeking/Stream Quality Monitoring∎ Kayaking Basics∎ Kayak Fishing∎ Pontoon Boat Excursion∎ Stand-Up Paddle Boarding∎ Personal Watercraft Basics∎ Power Boating BasicOn the Land∎ Archery∎ Fly Trying/Fly Fishing∎ Disc Golf Basics∎ Gun Basics∎ Mountain Bike Skills Course∎ Mountain Bike/Intermediate∎ Shooting Range: Basic Shotgun∎ Shooting Range: Basic Pistol∎ Shooting Range: Basic Rifle ∎ Shoreline Fishing

Nature Sessions∎ Art & Nature: Acrylics∎ Art & Nature: Watercolors∎ Blue Birds and Boxes∎ Geocaching∎ Hosak's Hike and Wild Edibles∎ Hiking: Kennedy Stonehouse∎ Native Plant Gardening∎ Nature Photography/Traditional Camera∎ Tree Ecology and Planting

“This event is a great opportunity for women to build their outdoor recreation skills, make new friends, and have fun,” ODNR Director Mary Mertz said. “I highly encourage women of all ages to join us for a weekend of discovering new outdoor pursuits.”

The event is hosted by ODNR divisions of Parks and Watercraft, Forestry, Natural Areas and Preserves, and Wildlife.

For more information visit ohiodnr.gov.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Jeffersonian: ODNR plans Ohio Women’s weekend in Cambridge