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Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States, which is located in the state of Ohio.This refuge was established in 1961, under the Migratory Bird Conservation Act, the purpose of the refuge being created was “… for use as an inviolate sanctuary, or for any other management purpose, for migratory birds.” 16 U.S.C. 715d.
Baker Woods State Nature Preserve. Bigelow Cemetery Prairie State Nature Preserve. Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve. Boord State Nature Preserve. Brown's Lake Bog State Nature Preserve. Burton Wetlands State Nature Preserve. Caesar Creek Gorge State Nature Preserve. Carmean Woods State Nature Preserve. Cedar Bog State Nature Preserve.
The Wetlands Geodatabase is one of the world's largest polygonal datasets (in the civilian sector). The information is increasingly popular and widely used to help identify, conserve, and restore wetland resources across the American landscape. During 2008, the number of website user requests for data exceeded 56.9 million.
In northern Ohio, one can find ... Mentor Marsh, 20 miles east of Cleveland and on the shore of Lake Erie, is a 1,000-acre wetland. Not long ago, ... many in large numbers, but I was fixated on ...
Marsh Wetlands State Nature Preserve: 152.28: Portage William C. McCoy State Nature Preserve: 193.65: Ashtabula McCracken Fen State Nature Preserve: 93.62: Logan Mentor Marsh Nature Preserve: 672.85: Lake Milford Center Railroad Prairie: 9.4: Union Eugene & Henrietta Miller Nature Sanctuary: 86.02: Highland Morris Woods State Nature Preserve ...
and see text. The American coot (Fulica americana), also known as a mud hen or pouldeau, is a bird of the family Rallidae. Though commonly mistaken for ducks, American coots are only distantly related to ducks, belonging to a separate order. Unlike the webbed feet of ducks, coots have broad, lobed scales on their lower legs and toes that fold ...
A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods. Flooding results in oxygen -poor (anoxic) processes taking place, especially in the soils. [1]
A wetland (aerial view) Wetland conservation is aimed at protecting and preserving areas of land including marshes, swamps, bogs, and fens that are covered by water seasonally or permanently due to a variety of threats from both natural and anthropogenic hazards. Some examples of these hazards include habitat loss, pollution, and invasive species.