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News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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STATE WILDLIFE GRANT RECIPIENTS NAMED
More than $120,000 awarded to projects benefiting wildlife diversity
COLUMBUS, OH Nine researchers and organizations recently were awarded a total exceeding $120,000 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 the State Wildlife Grant. Funded projects are varied and include everything from a recovery plan for the Lake Erie water snake to preservation of Woodiebrook Creek, a native Ohio brook trout stream.
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 $1.7 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 has been applied to 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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Project and Recipient |
Amount |
| 1 |
Intraspecific phylogeography of the freshwater mussel Fusconaia flava in the Ohio River Watershed
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$1,140 |
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Ryan Christopher Burdick, graduate student, Ohio University |
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| 2 |
Lake Erie watersnake recovery plan implementation |
$20,000 |
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Richard B. King, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University |
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| 3 |
Predicting the occurrence of rare amphibian species in Ohio |
$23,039
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Karen V. Root, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
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Gregory J. Lipps, Jr., graduate student, BGSU |
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| 4 |
Graduate support for the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Freshwater Mussel Conservation Facility
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$18,183 |
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G. Thomas Watters, Ph.D., The Ohio State University |
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Doug Warmolts, Columbus Zoo, assistant director of living collections
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| 5 |
Seasonal use habits of the endangered Indiana bat in Pond Brook Metro Park (Summit County)
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$19,987 |
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Mike Johnson, Natural Resources manager, Metro Parks
In partnership with the City of Twinsburg
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| 6 |
Woodiebrook Creek native Ohio brook trout preservation project |
$10,000
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Mark Skowronski, Chagrin River Land Conservancy |
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| 7 |
Initiation of a captive breeding colony and restoration program for the American Burying Beetle on reclaimed mining lands at The Wilds of southeastern Ohio
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$10,000
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Steve Shurter, director of animal management, The Wilds |
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| 8 |
Assessing the status of decline in Ohio for Blanchard’s cricket frog |
$3,103 |
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Rick Lehtinen, Ph.D., The College of Wooster |
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| 9 |
Conservation of Cerulean Warblers and associated forest interior birds in the Ohio hills
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$15,000 |
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Jarel Hilton, director of Conservation Programs, The Nature Conservancy |
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TOTAL |
$120,452
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For Further Information Contact:
Kendra Wecker, ODNR Division of Wildlife
(614) 265-7043
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Andrea Misko, ODNR Media Relations
(614) 265-6882
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