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Ohio Wildlife Action Plan
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Ohio Wildlife Action Plan 1
tion Strategy, focuses on wildlife, their Primary challenges to
habitat, and people of the state. The Plan
approaches ﬁsh and wildlife conservation conserving wildlife in
with diverse strategies that involve not Ohio
only the Division of Wildlife, but also pri-
vate landowners, conservation organiza- Loss and degradation of wildlife habitat
tions, and other governmental agencies. continues to be the primary threat to
Ohio’s wildlife, although invasive spe-
cies and emerging wildlife diseases are
also signiﬁcant threats and will certainly
be more important in the future. Ex-
amples of current threats include the loss
of habitat to a variety of development
interests, the introduction and expansion
of invasive species such as the Asian Carp
and purple loosestrife, and the continued
threat from a number of wildlife diseases
such as West Nile Virus and rabies.

Asian Carp: Various species of Asian carp
continue to expand their range in the

Sandhill crane/Ohio DNR

Eastern Spadefoot Toad/Ohio DNR

Wildlife Total number of Species of Threatened/endangered
species Conservation Concern* listed species
Mussels 81 31 28
Snails 169 0
Crayﬁsh 20 1 1
Insects Thousands 22 (terrestrial) 64
Fish 156 40 37

Amphibians 14 10 6
Reptiles 70 22 7
Birds 200 (breeding) 89 27
Mammals 56 25 5

Totals 240 175
* While all terrestrial wildlife are considered “species of conservation concern,” 168 species will be given
increased attention. Aquatic “species of conservation concern” includes those that have demonstrated low
or declining populations.

Wildlife highlights

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Key Habitats Wildlife (examples) Issue (examples) Action (examples)
Rivers and • Shovelnose • Loss of riparian • Protect riparian corridor in target watersheds through
Streams sturgeon corridor habitat purchase or conservation easements.
• Lake sturgeon • Dams • Remove dams that no longer serve a useful purpose.
• Purple catspaw
Ownership: • Northern • Cattle in streams • Exclude cattle from streams with fencing in target
Mix of public rifﬂeshell watersheds.
and private • Eastern
hellbender

Oak Savannas • Karner blue • Loss of habitat • Through purchase and/or conservation easement,
butterﬂy • Extirpated from protect remnant oak savanna habitat focus area.
Ownership: the state • With a network of partners, develop and implement
both private a conservation plan to reintroduce and establish a self-
and public sustaining wild population of Karner blue butterﬂies.

Forestland • Cerulean warbler • Forest • Through purchase, conservation easements, and
• American redstart fragmentation land management agreements, conserve forest habitat
Ownership: • Ruffed grouse • Inappropriate (60,000 acre areas) within designated focus areas.
private and proportions of • Inventory all forest habitat within the focus area to
public age-classes and establish baseline data.
forest community • Implement management practices to conserve
composition to appropriate age-class and forest composition to ensure
sustain wildlife viable self-sustaining forest-dependent species.

Examples of recommended actions to conserve Ohio’s wildlife

Midwest through a number of water sys-
tems such as rivers, canals, and reservoirs.
Their ultimate impact is unknown, but
early indications show that they will have
a signiﬁcantly negative impact on native
aquatic vertebrates, invertebrates and plant
species.

Urban Growth
The Ohio Legislative Service Commission
reports that from 1960 to 1990 urban land
use expanded by almost ﬁve times the
growth rate of the overall population of the
state. This growth puts increased pressure
on wildlife habitat and creates a compli-
cated atmosphere for natural resources
management.

Working together for
Ohio’s wildlife
Ohio is home to more than 700 conserva- Cave salamander/Ohio DNR

tion organizations. The Division of Wildlife
has on-going interaction with these grass-
roots constituent groups, as well as with

Ohio Wildlife Action Plan 3
statewide and regional NGO’s, in order tegic direction. More than 250 partici-
to understand their concerns and issues pants attended these meetings, including
related to Ohio’s wildlife resources. In ad- representatives from The Nature Conser-
dition to this regular communication, the vancy, the Ohio Parks and Recreation
Division undertook ﬁve constituent group Association, the Columbus and Cincin-
meetings speciﬁc to the Comprehensive nati Zoos, The Ohio Lepidopterists, Ohio
Wildlife Conservation Strategy, in addi- Biological Survey, Cleveland Museum of
tion to holding a statewide meeting of key Natural History, Columbus Metro Parks,
conservation organization leaders. These American Electric Power, Pheasants For-
meetings highlighted the CWCS and the ever, U.S. Forest Service, National Wild
Division’s overall planning efforts and stra- Turkey Federation, Ohio Audubon, and
the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service. Each
meeting included a participant survey to
determine their concerns and interests.
Appropriate comments were incorporated
in the ﬁnal draft of the CWCS.

Bobcat/Ohio DNR

Assn. of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
David Chadwick
Wildlife Diversity Associate
444 North Capitol St., NW
Suite 725
Washington D.C., 20001
Tel: 202.624.7890
chadwick@ﬁshwildlife.org
www.teaming.com • www.ﬁshwildlife.org

State Contact
Verdie Abel, Wildlife Planner
Ohio Division of Wildlife
2045 Morse Rd., Building G
Columbus, OH 43229-6693
Tel: 614.265.7020
Verdie.Abel@dnr.state.oh.us
www.dnr.state.oh.us

Ohio DNR

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