ML14098A027

Comment (6) of Victoria Clemons Re Davis-Besse Draft SEIS

ML14098A027
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	03/25/2014
From:	Clemons V - No Known Affiliation
To:	Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch
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79FR13079 00006
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For Immediate Release:

Contacts:

Kim Kaufman, Executive Director, Black Swamp Bird Observatory, 419-898-4070, kimkaufman@bsbo.org Ken Keffer, Education Director, Black Swamp Bird Observatory, 419-898-4070, kenkeffer@bsbo.org Local Youth Group Finds State Endangered Species at Port Clinton's Lakefront Preserve Thl Ohin Yrinn Rirriorc Clith (nYRfl) hoitfrl ;R RingRlit7 it Port Clinton'q I ;k~front Princzrvp nn

--31.July 23, 2011, and the results might surprise you. Well over 200 species of living things were documented on the property which lies on the shores of Lake Erie between City Beach and Water Works Park. This area, a coastal wetland habitat, provides a home to many unique plants and animals.

Over 30 people, including student members from Michigan and Illinois, participated in the dlyl~ly DIuDIII. eve-IL M DIUDIIs.

A. ai-I cli0l I. I a;; Vi dli of LU IIiC V-1 0 Participants collected species information that serves as a valuable tool for helping to maintain the habitat, and provides baseline data that will assist in evaluating the success of ongoing restoration efforts.

In addition to surveying the property for birds, insects, turtles, and snakes, the group also sampled Lake Erie for aquatic critters including fish and mussels. Assisted by University of gkqAdj-$

Toledo graduate student Todd Crall, the Young Birders Club was able to document the state endangered Eastern Pond Mussel and the Rayed Bean Mussel, a species that is currently being considered for the United States Endangered Species Ust.

Other species highlights from the day included Bald Eagle, Painted Turtle, and a Bronze Copper butterfly. The Young Birders Club will continue to monitor the species that are using the nroipe-tv dci;ton Director Kpnn Keffer says they haive 4 hit more ci RtRO)' Fii rveyinn to do. "Our experts on insects and aquatic plants couldn't make it that day, so we're bringing them back to complete our inventory. Once we fill in those gaps in our survey, the total number of species inventoried will really jump! It was a great day and we were blown away by all the cool critters we found!"

The group expects to add many additional bird species during their Big Sit for Conservation i utbdibCl Lu bc iid uil u i Ic piupcl y uil 0.LubLJC 9LhI, wi ii Liiy'ii be dic liib m1ui iy iu, Lilt OYBC and restoration efforts at the Lakefront Preserve.

The Ohio Young Birders BioBlitz was a collaborative effort between the Black Swamp Bird Observatory and the City of Port Clinton. The BioBlitz was also supported in part to thanks to grants from the Harry Stensen Memorial Trust and the Ottawa County Community Foundation.

The Ohio Young Birders Club is a statewide program of the Black Swamp Bird Observatory, and is now in its fifth year of connecting young people ages 12 - 18 with outdoor experiences.

For more information about the BioBlitz, Black Swamp Bird Observatory, and the Ohio Young Birders Club email: staff@bsbo.org or call: 419-898-4070.

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