OBCI Events
Lights Out Columbus Monitoring Program
Starting March 15th
Volunteers needed to help survey for bird collision victims in downtown Columbus. Full details
Resources and Links
The Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative is a part of a larger national and international bird conservation effort. NABCI, the North American Bird Conservation Initiative was established to integrate bird conservation across taxonomic groups, political boundaries and across landscapes. OBCI is a similar organization at the state level.
Bird conservation across North America functions at multiple scales: at the bird conservation region level and the Joint Venture level. Bird conservation regions are ecologically distinct landscapes that contain similar bird communities and habitats. The United States, Canada, and Mexico have been divided into 66 regions. There are four bird conservation regions found within Ohio: BCR 13 Lower Great Lakes St. Lawrence Plain, BCR 22 Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, BCR 24 Central Hardwoods and BCR 28 Appalachian Mountains.
Bird conservation occurs on the Joint Venture level as well. Joint ventures are collaborative regional and local partnerships, made up of local landowners, government officials and NGO's that are dedicated to implementing national plans. Over the past 10 years, national conservation plans have been written for waterbirds, waterfowl, landbirds and shorebirds. For links to these plans click here. Ohio is a part of three Joint Venture groups: Upper Mississippi Great Lakes Joint Venture, Appalachian Mountain Joint Venture, and Central Hardwoods Joint Venture.
Ohio is not the only state level bird conservation initiative, other states have similar groups: Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. See below for individual state conservation groups.
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