Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative

Welcome to OBCI!

One of OBCI's goals is to communicate the value of birds and their conservation to the public, businesses, and governmental officials. Learn more >>

Ovenbird Nest by A.C. Vitz

Lights Out Columbus Monitoring Program
Starting March 15th
Volunteers needed to help survey for bird collision victims in downtown Columbus. Full details

OBCI Member Organizations

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by L. DeGroote

Over 90 organizations have endorsed OBCI's mission and goals. OBCI member groups range from non-profit organizations to businesses, to federal, state and local governments. OBCI member groups are the backbone to the organization! Members from our signatory groups sit on OBCI various committees as a liaison between OBCI and the group they represent.

In addition to our Coordinating Council, OBCI's members are:
Audubon Society, Columbus
Audubon Society, Mahoning
Audubon Society, Greater Cleveland
Audubon Society, Greater Mohican
Audobon Society, Western Cuyaroga
Audubon Society, Tri-Moraine
Bird Watchers Digest
Black Swamp Conservancy
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Bowling Green State University-Firelands
Brown Family Environmental Center at Kenyon College
Bruckner Nature Center
Cincinnati Nature Center
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
City of Worthington
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Columbus Recreation and Parks
Crane Hollow Nature Preserve
Erie Metro Parks
Feather Link, Inc.
Firelands Land Conservancy
Franklin County Metroparks
Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed
Friends of the Scioto River
Geauga Park District
Girl Scouts- Heart of Ohio, Inc
Grange Insurance Audubon Center
Hiram College, J.H. Barrow Field Station
Hocking Hills State Park
Holden Arboretum
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hudson Chapter of the Western Reserve Land Conservancy
Indian Lake Watershed Project
Lake Erie Coastal Ohio, Inc
Lake Erie Nature and Science Center
Land Conservancy of Hamilton County, OH
Little Miami Inc
Maumee Bay State Park
Medina County Park District
Medina Summit Land Conservancy
Mentor Lagoons Nature Preserve
Metropolitan Park Districts, Toledo
Mill Creek Metro Parks
National Wildlife Federation
Ohio Bird Sanctuary
Ohio Northern University
Oxford Parks and Recreation
Portage Park District
Preservation Parks of Delaware County
Shawnee Nature Club
Shelby County Park District
South Bend/Elkart Audubon Society
Stark County Park District
Tecumseh Land Trust
The B-W Greenway Community Land Trust
The Medina Summit Land Conservancy
The Ohio Bird Records Committee
The Ohio Historical Society
The Wilderness Center
The Wilds
Tinkers Creek Land Conservancy
Toledo Naturalists Association
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Field Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wild Birds Unlimited- Boardman

Do you want to see your organization featured on our web site? Become an OBCI member. Endorsing OBCI requires no financial or other commitment to any specific actions. It does require, however, a desire to participate in bird conservation efforts in Ohio through landscape-scale assessment and management, guided by sound science and using voluntary stewardship.