Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative

Welcome to OBCI!

OBCI needs your help! Do you have a bird related event that you want posted on our site? Please contact us so we can post your event.

Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge by Aaron Boone

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

Bird Conservation Plans

OBCI has finished the final draft of the Ohio All-bird Conservation Plan! Please click on the icon for more information and to read the plan.

We have provided links to various national and regional bird conservation plans that are applicable to Ohio.

National Plans

North American Waterfowl Conservation Plan

http://www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/NAWMP/files/
ImplementationFramework.pdf

North American Waterbird Conservation Plan

http://www.waterbirdconservation.org/pubs/complete.pdf

North American Shorebird Conservation Plan

http://www.fws.gov/shorebirdplan/USShorebird/downloads/
USShorebirdPlan2Ed.pdf

Partners in Flight North American Landbird Conservation Plan

http://www.partnersinflight.org/cont_plan/default.htm

Regional Plans

• Waterfowl regional plan (U.S. Fish & Wildilfe Service)
• Waterbirds regional plans (U.S. Fish & Wildilfe Service)
• Shorebird Regional Plan (U.S. Fish & Wildilfe Service)
• Partners in Flight plans (U.S. Bureau of Land Management):
  
  • Prairie Peninsula Plan
  • Interior Plateau Plan
  • Upper Great Lake Plan
  • Ohio Hills Plan
  • Allegheny Plateau Plan