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STATE WILDLIFE GRANT RECIPIENTS NAMED
More than $58,000 awarded to projects benefiting wildlife diversity
COLUMBUS, OH - Four research projects and organizations recently were awarded a total exceeding $58,000 for projects to benefit Ohio’s wildlife diversity, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
Individuals, conservation organizations and universities are among the recipients of State Wildlife Grants. Funded projects are varied and include everything from a study of the state-endangered lark sparrow to evaluating the consequences of a management strategy for the endangered Karner blue butterfly.
A competitive screening process was used in determining awardees that included evaluating the proposed project’s purpose, necessity and sustainable benefits to wildlife. The projects are funded with part of a $1.8 million federal grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that focuses on species in greatest need of conservation. The ODNR Division of Wildlife administers the grants.
Most of the remaining federal allocation is applied toward the division’s ongoing research and conservation partnership projects, including the bald eagle, trumpeter swan, osprey, shovelnose sturgeon, and Karner blue butterfly.
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2006 State Wildlife Grant Recipients
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Consequences of a management strategy for the endangered Karner blue butterfly, Lycaeides Melissa samuelis
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Bradley Pickens, graduate research assistant, Bowling Green State University
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$7,242
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Evaluating the evolutionary uniqueness and conservation needs of the state-endangered Lark Sparrow, Chondestes grammacus
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Juan L. Bouzat, Ph.D., assistant professor and conservation geneticists, Bowling Green State University
Jeremy D. Ross, Ph.D. candidate, Bowling Green State University
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$26,887
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Status of flushing escarpment crayfish in Ohio with emphasis on the Allegheny/rusty crayfish interaction.
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Roger F. Thoma, senior research associate, Midwest Biodiversity Institute, Inc.
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$14,260
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Captive reproduction for the Eastern hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis in Ohio.
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Mark Brittsan, curator of aquatics, Columbus Zoo
Dr. Barbara Wolfe, director of wildlife and conservation medicine, The Wilds
Allan Marshall, curator of aquatic life, Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium
Joe Greathouse, curator of animals, The Good Zoo at Oglebay
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$10,000
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