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The Ohio Wildlife Council has voted to remove the trumpeter swan from the state’s threatened species list. The delisting crowns a 28-year effort by the state..

Ohio's trumpeter swan population stands at nearly 900 with swans nesting in more than two dozen counties.

April 12, 2024, Press Release from the Office of Governor DeWine and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: (COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Director Mary Mertz announced Friday that the Ohio Wildlife Council has voted to remove the trumpeter swan from the state’s threatened species list. The delisting culminates a 28-year effort by the ODNR Division of Wildlife to restore a population of trumpeter swans in Ohio.

Observers reported 357 sandhill cranes in Ohio during the volunteer-driven 2023 Midwest Crane Count, April 15.

The latest count of sightings of the threatened species Sandhill Crane in the wetland areas of Ohio has reached 350. Read more here.

Volunteers observed 357 sandhill cranes in 24 Ohio counties during the April 15 count.

COLUMBUS – Ashlands Bob DeSanto joined some prestigious, rare company on Wednesday in Columbus.

In Wayne County, there are ties to three IBAs. Those areas are Funk Bottoms, Killbuck Valley, and the Wayne/Holmes region.