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This gorgeous bird is no longer a threatened species in Ohio


This gorgeous bird is no longer a threatened species in Ohio


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CLEVELAND (BNN)-- The trumpeter swan has actually officially been gotten rid of from Ohio's threatened species list, Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Mary Mertz and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Friday.

According to a press release from the governor's office, the Ohio Wildlife Council voted to eliminate the bird breed from the list after a 28-year effort by the ODNR Division of Wildlife to restore the population of trumpeter swans in the state.

" Ohio's professional wildlife biologists committed themselves to growing the trumpeter swan population over almost three decades, and their determination has actually settled," DeWine stated in the release. "In addition to keeping track of the development of the trumpeter swan population, a great deal of work likewise entered into creating and restoring wetland environment needed for generations of trumpeters to nest and prosper."

According to the release, the trumpeter swan population severely decreased in North America in the 1800s and 1700s due to uncontrolled harvest and wetland habitat loss.

In the 1700s, the breed was entirely extirpated from Ohio.

Today, Ohio's trumpeter swan population stands at nearly 900, with swans nesting in 26 various counties.

The Division of Wildlife started a trumpeter swan reintroduction program in 1996. It collected swan eggs from an established population at the Minto Flats State Game Refuge in main Alaska.

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Those eggs were placed in incubators, flown to Ohio, and presented to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and The Wilds of the Columbus Zoo. Both zoos took care of the eggs, raised the trumpeters and launched them in proper habitats.

Trumpeter swans were noted as an endangered types when they were launched, but have actually been on the rise ever since. Their threatened status was even reduced in 2012.

" Trumpeter swans represent a terrific return story for Ohio. This is just among many examples of the preservation work ODNR has actually been doing for the last 75 years," Mertz said. "Through the effort and commitment of our personnel and preservation partners, we can once again see trumpeter swans fly through Ohio's skies."

A 2010 Swan Management Plan in Ohio had the goal of delisting the trumpeter swan when the population reached 40 or more breeding pairs for three consecutive years and had actually bred in a minimum of 15 counties.

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According to the release, trumpeter swans will still get security under federal and state wildlife laws.

Click on this link for more information about trumpeter swans.

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