1. History of Wildlife Conservation in Ohio Jason T. Warren State Wildlife Officer Assigned to Ashtabula County

2. Objectives Loss of Wildlife Recovery Success Story's Human Wildlife Conflicts

3. Early 18 th & 19 th century Wildlife was vanishing and in trouble – Habitat Loss 1900 Ohio was ~ 10% Forested Today over 30% Forested Lost around 90% of our wetlands – Market Hunting Food Clothing – No Laws Protecting Wildlife

4. First “Conservationists” Recreational Hunters – New York Sportsmen’s Club – Boone and Crocket Club Theodore Roosevelt – Preserved ~ 230 Million Acres of Public Land “There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country.” ~Theodore Roosevelt

5. Wildlife Laws First Game Wardens – Maine – 1850 States Began Passing Laws Protecting Wildlife Lacy Act – 1900 Migratory Bird Treaty Act – 1918 Ohio Fish Commission -1874

6. Wildlife Laws Wildlife Officers Licensing Bag Limits Season Dates

7. Wildlife Fund Ohio Division of Wildlife is almost solely funded by………… – Hunting and fishing license sales – Pittman Roberson funding – Dingell Johnson funding

8. Funding First Hunting License Law 1895 – North Dakota 1937 – Pittman Robertson Act Tax on hunting equipment and firearms Ohio has received more than $85 Million in funding 1950 Dingell Johnson Act Tax on fishing equipment Ohio has received more that $81 Million in funding 1934 Duck Stamp Act $800 Million Raised 6 Million Acres of Wetland Preserved

9. White Tailed Deer 1943 Deer Harvest -168 2013 Deer Harvest- – 191,000

11. River Otters Reintroduced in 1986 into Grand River watershed

12. Sandhill Crane ~ 25 Nesting Pairs Produced 27 Colts last year Wetland Dependent

13. Black Bear By 1850 gone from Ohio ~ 6 living in Ashtabula County

14. Bald Eagle 4 breeding pairs in 1979 In 2012 an estimated 213 pairs of Bald Eagles produced an estimated 321 young Bald Eagles are no longer listed as a State or Federal Threatened or Endangered Species

15. Eastern Massasagua

16. Coyote Western US / Canada First Ohio Record 1919

17. Human Wildlife Conflicts Zoonotic Diseases – A zoonotic disease is a disease that can be passed between animals and humans. Rabies Hantavirus Collisions – Air strikes – US Airways Flight 1549 – Deer vs. Vehicle = 200 lives lost / 1.1 billion in property damage

18. Human Wildlife Conflicts Crop Damage $ 4.5 Billion Annually 80% of farmers report damage by wildlife Urban Wildlife