A Cleaner Ohio: Vote YES On Issue #2
Vote YES to protect Ohio’s treasured natural areas
Thanks to Ohio’s environmental leaders and the leadership of Gov. Ted Strickland, Senate President Bill Harris and Speaker of the House Jon Husted, Ohio voters will have the opportunity this November to renew Issue #2, the Clean Ohio Fund.
Established in November 2000, the Clean Ohio Fund is a bond program that provides funds for protecting open spaces and sensitive ecological areas, preserving farmland, and improving trails for outdoor recreation. The Clean Ohio Fund also provides resources to continue cleaning up polluted properties across the state.
Environment Ohio staff are working with other environmental, community and business leaders to ensure that the Clean Ohio Fund passes this fall. We’ll be making the case in the media, asking key decision-makers to support the Fund, and talking to thousands of Ohioans, urging them to vote YES on Issue #2.
Clean Ohio Fund success stories
The Clean Ohio Fund is a one of a kind program with a proven track record of cleaning up and protecting Ohio’s natural environment.
From the Big Darby Creek in Franklin County to the Mill Creek Waterfall in Cuyahoga County, the Clean Ohio Fund is preserving some of our greatest natural treasures. The Clean Ohio Fund has supported projects in 87 out of 88 Ohio counties and protected 26,000 acres of wildlife habitat, 20,000 acres of family farmland and 210 miles of recreational trails.
Not only does the Fund protect Ohio’s most beautiful places—it has funded more than 700 preservation projects to date—it has also created more than 6,000 jobs.
How it works
Revenue for the Clean Ohio Fund comes from the sale of general revenue bonds, which means that renewing the fund will not increase taxes.
A YES vote on Issue #2 will result in the allotment of $400 million: $200 million will be used to preserve wildlife habitat and farmland and create recreational trails, and the remaining $200 million will be used to clean up polluted industrial sites across the state.
