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West Sister Island is an island of the U.S. state of Ohio located in the Western Basin of Lake Erie.The 82 acres (33 ha) island, jointly managed by the United States Coast Guard and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is Ohio's only designated Wilderness Area, the West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge.
The Summer Lake Wildlife Area was established April 12, 1944, to protect and improve the area's waterfowl habitat and provide a site for public hunting. It is located in the northwest corner of the Great Basin drainage in central Lake County, Oregon. The Summer Lake refuge was the first wetland-focused wildlife area established in Oregon.
Caesar Creek State Park is a public recreation area located in southwestern Ohio, five miles (8 km) east of Waynesville, in Warren, Clinton, and Greene counties. [2] The park is leased by the State from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who in the 1970s erected a dam on Caesar Creek to impound a 2,830-acre (1,150 ha) lake. [2]
Views of Summer Lake Wildlife Area in southcentral Oregon. On Dec. 16, 1843, Capt. John C. Frémont and a mapping expedition were trekking across a snow-covered plateau when they came to a cliff ...
List of lakes of Ohio. The following is a list of lakes in Ohio. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, there are approximately 50,000 lakes and small ponds, with a total surface area of 200,000 acres, and among these there are 2,200 lakes of 5 acres (2.0 ha) or greater with a total surface area of 134,000 acres. [1] Of the ...
The state of Ohio bought the marshland in 1951 to create the Magee Marsh Wildlife Area. [2] [3] Magee Marsh was one of the sites chosen to reintroduce the Canada goose to Ohio in the 1960s. The program hatches 9,000 to 11,000 goslings each year, making it one of the nation's most successful wildlife reintroduction programs. [3]
Acadia Cliffs State Nature Preserve. Adams Lake Prairie State Nature Preserve. Audubon Islands State Nature Preserve. Aurora Sanctuary State Nature Preserve. 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.
963 ft (294 m) to 977.5 ft (297.9 m) [2] Leesville Lake is a reservoir located near Ohio State Route 212 and Leesville, Ohio. [3] The lake is formed by Leesville Dam 40°28′6″N 81°11′41″W[4] across McGuire Creek, [5] a tributary of Conotton Creek . The lake is named for the village of Leesville. The McGuire Creek forms the south branch ...