2013 Retreat: Keynote Guy Denny "Challenges in the Preserves"

Serious Challenges Facing
the Future of the
Ohio Natural Areas & Preserves
Program

After industrialization swept across the country, the nation’s
total wealth nearly doubled between 1920 and 1929.
A small group of Americans recognized that the natural
resources being squandered might never be regained,
and thus the concept of “conservation” was born. The
early 1900s saw the birth of wildlife refuges, and national
parks as part of a “progressive” conservation movement.
This great success was at the expense of the nation’s vast
natural resources. Uncontrolled industrial discharge, raw
sewage, and soil erosion were destroying our waterways.
At the same time, the country’s forests, wetlands, and
wilderness areas were quickly disappearing. Game and
non-game species were declining at an alarming rate.
The 1920’s can be characterized as a decade of excess

President Theodore Roosevelt
1858 - 1919
John Muir
1838 -1914

Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling
1876 - 1962
Widely known for his editorial cartoons
which appeared in nearly 150
newspapers nationwide and earned
him two Pulitzer Prizes. Founder of the
National Wildlife Federation.

Walter A. Tucker
In the late 1920’s, garden clubs
throughout Ohio began urging
preservation of the state’s natural
communities. The Ohio Association
of Garden Clubs lead the way with
a campaign called “Save Outdoor
Ohio”. Their publication, The Garden
Path”, edited by Walter Tucker, played
a significant role in passage of early
conservation legislation and in the
establishment of Ohio State Parks.
Mr. Tucker played a major role in
establishing the Columbus and
Franklin County Metropolitan Park
District, the Ohio Chapter of the Nature
Conservancy, and the creation of the
Natural Areas Preservation Act of 1970

As curator of natural history for the
Ohio Archaeological & Historical
Society, Dr. Thomas learned that
Cedar Swamp was going to be
drained and turned into pasture. He
convinced Governor John Bricker
about the ecological significance of
the site and how it should be
preserved for its scientific and
educational value
Dr. Edward S. Thomas

Consequently, Cedar Bog was
purchased by the State of Ohio
in 1942 as the very first nature
sanctuary in Ohio acquired with
public funds.

Dr, J. Arthur Herrick
Botanist and ecologist from Kent
State University who began a
statewide survey of natural areas
of Ohio for the Ohio Biological
Survey in 1959.
His work on the “Natural Areas
Project” provided a firm foundation
for the natural areas legislation
that came later.

The major private thrust statewide for natural area
preservation began in 1958 when the Ohio Chapter
of The Nature Conservancy was founded.
Beginning in 1959, with the acquisition of Lynx Prairie, the Ohio
Chapter of TNC compiled a remarkable record for saving natural
areas including Dysart Woods, Mentor Marsh, Brown’s Lake Bog
Frame Bog, and Buzzardroost Rock.
By the mid-1960s, it became obvious that private efforts alone
could not stop natural areas from being destroyed by agricultural,
residential, and commercial development. Only the State with
its resources and power of eminent domain, could protect the
best remaining natural areas in the state.

At its annual meeting in 1966, the Ohio Chapter of TNC called
for the creation of a state nature preserve system and a
committee was formed to work toward that goal.
In August of 1967, the Ohio House adopted a resolution
sponsored by State Representative Robert A. Holmes
expressing concern over losses of wilderness and threats
to the last remnants of Ohio’s natural heritage.
Two years passed before the Ohio Legislative Service
Commission approved a study of the “means of identifying,
locating, and preserving areas of unusual natural significance
for the beneficial use of generations to come.”

As a result of this study, State Senator Clara Weisenborn of
Dayton sponsored S.B. 113 calling for the creation of the state’s
Natural Areas Program. Senator Weisenborn also had $400,000
appropriated for land acquisition in ODNR’s Capital Budget.
The Natural Areas Bill, Amended S.B. 113 which later became a
national model, was given final approval by the Ohio General
Assembly and was signed into law by Governor James A. Rhodes
In 1970.
The Natural Areas Act of 1970 allowed the Ohio Department of
Natural Resources to purchase and administer state nature
preserves and to protect, through dedication, natural areas in
both public and private ownership.

It also established the Natural Areas Council consisting
of 7 professionals from natural history disciplines who
are appointed by the governor to advise the Director of
ODNR on the management of natural areas.
One member shall be appointed to represent each of the
following: natural history museums, metropolitan park
districts, colleges and universities, and outdoor education
programs in primary and secondary schools. Three
more will be members-at-large, and the ODNR director
shall be an ex-officio member.
All members shall be persons active or interested in
natural areas preservation, and shall not include more
than four persons who belong to the same political party

1517.06 “Nature Preserves dedicated under Section 1517.05
of the Revised Code are to be held in trust, for the use and
purposes set forth in sections 1517.05 of the Revised Code,
for the benefit of the people of the state of present and
future generations.
…”They shall not be taken for any other use except another
public use after a finding by the department of the existence
of an imperative and unavoidable public necessity for such
other public use and with the approval of the governor.”

On May 20, 1970, ODNR Director Fred E. Morr handpicked
Richard E. Moseley Jr. to put together this new program.
ODNR established a Natural Areas &
Scenic Rivers Planning Section in the
Office of Program & Planning to
administer the new natural areas and
scenic rivers programs and to provide
technical assistance to the Ohio
Natural Areas Council.
Richard E. Moseley, Jr.

The 7 original Natural Areas Council members were Dr. Richard
H. Durrell, Jeanne Hawkins, Paul Knoop, Jr., William B. Price,
Dr. David A. Rigney, Dr. David H. Stansbery, and Bertalan
Szabo.
Dr. Richard H. Durrell
Dr. Miriam Bell
Dave Rigney
Bert Szabo
Art Herrick Dick Moseley
Karl Gebhardt

With the initial appropriation of $400,000, the Department
acquired 14 properties totaling 632 acres on six natural areas.
In 1971, William B. Nye became the fourth Director of
of ODNR under the Gilligan Administration. By 1973,
the Natural Areas Program had grown to the extent that
Director Nye, by Executive Order approved by the
Governor, renamed the Division of Forestry to the -
“Division of Forestry and Preserves”
Forestry was reassigned management of all state nature
preserves not contiguous to other state lands managed by
either the Division of Parks & Recreation or the Division of
Wildlife.
Unfortunately, it just didn’t work out.

In 1975 when James A. Rhodes was
once again elected governor for what
became his second 8 year term in
in office, he appointed Dr. Robert W. Teater
as the fifth Director of ODNR.
By 1975, the Natural Areas Program had
purchased 18 areas encompassing 3,398
acres and dedicated 8 additional natural
areas.
It had become apparent that in order to consistently and
properly manage the state nature preserves, a new management
strategy had to be adopted. To that end, Director Teater
created, by Executive Order with approval of the Governor, a new
Division of Natural Areas & Preserves in February of 1975. This
new division was given “permanency” with passage of H.B. 972 in
June of 1976.
Director Robert W. Teater

Chief: Richard E. Moseley, Jr.
Asst. Chief: Guy L. Denny
Field Operations Mgr:
James McGregor
(William Loebick)
Ohio Natural Heritage
Program Administrator:
Robert McCance
Scenic Rivers Administrator:
W. Stu Lewis
Executive Secretary:
Kathy Smith
Real Estate Administrator:
Steve Goodwin

By 1999, DNAP had grown to 124 natural areas, had a full
time staff of 48, including 13 preserve managers, an annual
operating budget of about $3.6 million, and was nationally
recognized as one of the best natural areas programs in
the nation.

By the year 2000, management within DNAP had changed
dramatically. Unlike in its early years, the Division was no
longer being administered by experienced field naturalist.
In 2004, a decision was made within DNAP to transfer Old
Woman Creek National Estuarine Sanctuary to the Division
of Wildlife.
In 2004, a decision was made within DNAP to disband the
Ohio Natural Areas Council.
As the original preserve managers retired, they were replaced
by non-naturalists.
The Monitoring & Research Program
was downgraded.

“Natural Ohio”
Vol. 29, No. 1, Winter 2007
“It had become apparent to staff
that elements of the logo (the blue
heron, orchid and trilobite) weren’t
easily identified by visitors, especially
those in younger generations. The
division wanted an image that would
better represent its mission of
protecting, Ohio’s special places.”

In 2009, ODNR Director Sean Logan, faced with severe
budget cuts to ODNR’s operating budget, made the
decission to dismantle DNAP as a cost saving measure.
The Scenic Rivers Program was transferred to the
Division of Watercraft.
The Natural Heritage Program with its botanists and
ecologists was transferred to the Division of Wildlife.
The nine preserve managers were transferred to the
Division of Parks & Recreation.

Even under the new Kasich Administration, the Strickland
Administration’s ODNR Director Sean Logan’s plan for
dismantling DNAP continues in motion.
Language contained in the Department’s FY 12-13 budget
bill (Sub. H.B. 153) would have officially abolished the
Division of Natural Areas & Preserves as of July 1, 2011, and
would have made the DNAP income tax check-off a State
Parks and Natural Areas check-off administered by the Chief
of the Division of Parks & Recreation.

Chair of the Ohio House Agriculture
and Natural Resources Committee
Ohio House District 70
Home Town: Millersburg, in
Holmes County
More than 15 years working in the
private sector as a pipe inspector
Holmes County Park District
Director in 1995
Holmes County Commissioner
1999 - 2008

The Ohio General Assembly adding an additional $2.4
million for FY 12-13 apparently in Joint Conference
Committee so that the State Nature Preserves would be
properly managed.
This would have been adequate funding if it were used
exclusively to manage state nature preserves and not
additionally used to shore up a financially ailing State
Parks System.
Efforts continue to make the Natural Areas Program a
sub-program in the Division of Parks & Recreation which
is supervised by local district park managers rather than
by trained ecologists/field biologists who understand and
are experienced in the challenges and complexities of
natural areas management.

The emphasis for State Parks is on active
recreation and the visitor’s experience; the
resource base is important but only secondary
to providing quality outdoor recreational
activities.
The emphasis for State Nature Preserves
is on the resources base. The visitor
experience is important but secondary.
The focus is on preservation, ecological
management, science, education and
passive recreation.
What is wrong with putting the program
within the Division of Parks & Recreation?

State Parks are to Natural Areas as a public
library is to its rare books room.
Analogue: State Parks to a Public Library
If the public library, focused on customer service,
was operated like the rare books room, it would
soon lose most of its customers.
Conversely, if the rare books room, focused on
preservation of the resource, was operated
in the same fashion as the general public library,
its rare books would soon be severely damaged,
lost, or ultimately destroyed.
Both provide a similar but distinctly different public service
under the same roof, but each going about it in very
different ways.

Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Over the last decade or so, the Division of Parks & Recreation has
dropped from a statewide full time staff of 1,000 down to now about
360 employees. There is barely enough staff to adequately care
for the parks let alone nature preserves that have a different mission.
Costs for office space, utilities, and special services such as real estate,
public information, human resources, and accounting can all be shared
thus significantly reducing the funding and staffing needs of the Division.
The Division of Parks & Recreation has neither the ecologically trained
nor experienced professional supervisory staff to adequately manage
state nature preserves.
Many nature preserves are situated a significant driving distance from
the nearest state park; out of sight, out of mind.
The original preserve managers were trained and experienced field
naturalists/biologists. That is no longer the case; their successors, for
the most part, are primarily law enforcement officers, and/or maintenance
workers, not naturalists or field biologists.

Nature Preserves provide a place to leisurely walk, hike, jog
bird watch, enjoy wildflowers, study and photograph nature,
relax and find personal renewal, view wildlife, enjoy great
beauty, and much, much more.
Why do we even need state nature preserves?
What if any benefits do they provide
Ohio families?
They preserve unusual biotic communities and habitats for
our rarest plants and animals as well as for more common
species. As such, natural areas provide genetic repositories
and sources of biological information which will enable
researchers to further knowledge and understanding of
those biological environmental challenges with which we will
be face in in the future.

Schools and colleges use these areas as outdoor laboratories and for
observation in such fields as geology, botany, zoology, and general science
furthering and expanding their instruction beyond the conventional classroom.
Teachers, graduate students, and scientist use natural areas for scientific
observation and experimentation. Many provide living museums and
opportunities for outdoor education and nature interpretation programs
and exploration.
OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Nature preserves provide destination sites for
ecotourism bringing money into local communities.
ECOTOURISM

Lakeside Daisy
(Hymenoxys herbacea)

Aldo Leopold
1887 - 1948
“If the biota, in the course of eons, has built something
we like but do not understand, then who but a fool would
discard seemingly useless parts? To keep every cog
and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.”

Many products we use, or will use in the future, are derived
from biomimicry inspired research and adaptation.
Ultimately, biomimicry has the potential to help humans
change their world into a more sustainable one.
Nature Preserves are reservoirs of natural materials for
as yet unknown use but may yield new products for
medicine, food, and industry.
BIOMIMICRY

Notice the overlapping green
bracts with hooked tips. COMMON BURDOCK
(Arctium mimus)
In 1941, Swiss Engineer George de Mestral,
upon examining the seeds under a microscope,
marveled at how the bristles with their tiny hooked
tips held so tightly. Eventually he learned to work
nylon into a fabric studded with tiny hooks and
loops and Velcro was invented.

American Lotus
(Nelumbo lutea)
The seemingly smooth surface of the lotus leaf, at the nanoscale level, is actually
made up of many bumps that make the leaf water-repellent. Water simply rolls
along the surface, removing foreign particles in the process.
This has been the inspiration for a new paint called Lotusan developed in 1995.
The lotus leaf also inspired the development of a product called GreenShield, a
fabric finish that creates water and stain repellency on textiles.

Iridescence, reflectivity and optical
features of butterfly wings may hold
the key to improvements In LED
lighting and brighter screens for cell
phones. The research is ongoing.
Spider web silk is five times stronger
than Kevlar, and scientists are
researching how to replicate this
feature to create a stronger
man-made fiber for use in bullet
proof vests and parachutes.

A leaf may appear smooth to the naked eye, but at the microscopic
level its surface is a rugged terrain of wrinkles and folds. These
irregularities send light deep into the leaf to produce more energy.
Researchers at Princeton University re-created this texture on a
solar cell and found that it bends the light, changing its angle so that
it spends more time in the solar cell, resulting in a 47% increase in
photocurrent.
TULIP-TREE
(Liriodendron tulipifera)

The use of wild plants to treat sickness is probably as old as mankind.
Plants were the earliest source of medicine, and until comparatively
recently, they remained mankind’s chief method of healing.
Nature Preserves support the plants
with chemical compounds that provide
the prototypes for the development
of new medicines.
MEDICINES

Since earliest times, the bark of willows has been used to relieve
minor pain. Salicylic acid derived from salicin found in the bark of
willows is a precursor to acetyl-salicylic (a set l sal a sil ik) acid.
Aspirin

Coumarin gives Sweet Clover its vanilla-like fragrance and is used in perfumes and
soap. When fermented, coumarin becomes an anti-coagulant, dicoumarin.
Today, dicoumarine is prepared synthetically and used in medicine to retard the
formation of blood clots (bishydroxy coumarin).
Yellow Sweet Clover
(Melilotus officinalis)
In the 1920’s when farmers began to use sweet clover for fodder, their cows
started hemorrhaging and would bleed to death from eating the fermented
sweet clover fodder.
Coumadin

Not until the present century did advances in pharmacology, chemistry
and technology make possible the synthesis of many of the compounds
currently used in medicine. Synthetic drugs have essentially replaced
most of the medicinal herbs used throughout the centuries. Even so,
roughly 25% of modern pharmaceuticals are derived from some parts
of higher flowering plants. That figure approaches 50% taking into
account lower plant forms such as molds that produce penicillin.
Medicinal compounds first identified in wild plants
are the models for most of the synthesis compounds
used in modern medicine.
There are many discoveries remaining to be made and nature preserves
set aside for scientific research provide critical habitat for numerous
plants yet to be studied for cures as yet unknown.

Of the 140 state natural areas, 77 are managed and/or owned
by other land managing entities. Of the remaining 63 sites,
it would be helpful to transfer daily management responsibilities
to other land managing entities. All but 28 of these sites do not
require immediate action since they are situated within or
adjacent to a state park, wildlife area, or state forest. Others
have no designated public access facilities and/or only limited
public access.

State Park Officer/
Preserve Manager
Adam Wohlever
Northeastern Ohio
Park District

“ the local District Manager (Parks Manager) shall have
line authority over all DNAP operations in their district
and shall supervise DNAP employees therein.”

What are the most serious threats to a
dedicated State Nature Preserve?
1. Invasive species from both non-native as well
as native species of plants and animals
2. Unchecked natural succession

The Woody Plants of Ohio
E. Lucy Braun
1961
Dr. Braun did her field work preparing this book
between 1953 and 1959.
“Introduced from Europe, and rapidly becoming naturalized
in northern Ohio; reported from nearly a score of counties,
and locally well established.”
Glossy Buckthorn (Frangula alnus) (Rhamnus frangula)

E. Lucy Braun
1961
“Reported only from Hamilton County where it is becoming
abundant in pastures and woodlands.”
Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera macckii)

E. Lucy Braun
1961
Autumn-olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)
Russian-olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
“Two introduced species occasionally reported as escapes.”
“Autumn Olive for Wildlife and other Conservation Uses”
USDA Leaflet No. 458 1959

According to the ODNR Office of Real Estate, the appraised
land value for all DNAP natural areas is around $25 million.
Natural areas are not just traditional open green space, rather,
they are very special surviving pockets of landscape supporting
some of the very rarest plants, animals, and unique geological
formations still remaining in the State of Ohio. They are part of
our Natural Heritage for the use and enjoyment of this as well
as future generations of Ohio families.
These public facilities, purchased largely by private donations,
not tax dollars, require wise management to keep them in
good shape. Just like a state park lodge, campground, sewage
treatment plant, or any other such public facility, ODNR has a
fiduciary responsibility to protect and keep these public assets
in the best condition possible.

Interventionist habitat management
is critical for maintaining the
ecological integrity of natural areas.
Species & ecological community
monitoring and research is one of
the most critical components for
understanding the impact habitat
management has on the health of
the feature or features for which
the site was acquired so as to
protect the public’s investment.

Glossy Buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula)

Karlo Fen
State Nature Preserve
Summit County 15 Acres

Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) State Threatened

Grass-pink Orchid
(Calopogon tuberosus)
State Threatened

Fowler Woods
Richland County 187 Acres

Photo by Terry Smith
Photo by Terry Smith

Jackson Bog
Stark County 58 Acres

Photo by Larry K. Henry
Photo by Mike Witt

Shrubby Cinquefoil
(Potentilla fruiticosa)

Photo Taken August 1974
(38 years ago)

Photo taken in the spring of 1987 (25 years ago)

Mantua Bog
Portage County 64 Acres

Dragon’s-mouth (Arethusa bulbosa) State Endangered

Large Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)

Small Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) State Threatened

“Until the appropriate habitat management for the dragon’s-mouth
orchid has been determined, only part of its present habitat will be
manipulated.”
“Site 1. (west half of present habitat) will be managed by selectively
removing only large trees which provide dense shade.”

Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)

Alder-Leaved Buckthorn
(Rhamnus alnifolia)

Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra) State Threatened

Autumn-olive
(Elaeagnus umbellata)

Colic-Root
(Aletris farinosa)
Grass-Pink
(Calopogon tuberosus)
Kalm’s St. John’s-wort
(Hypericum kalmianum) T

Twisted
Yellow-Eyed-Grass
(Xyris torta) T
Spathulate-Leaved Sundew
(Drosera intermedia)
Lance-Leaved Violet
(Viola lanceolata) P
State Endangered

Soapwort Gentian (Gentiana saponaria) State Endangered

Copperbelly
(Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)
Blanding’s Turtle
(Emydoidea blandingii)

Photo taken June of 1985 (27 years ago)

Springville Marsh
Seneca County 201 Acres

“Springville Marsh is one of the largest inland wetlands
in the Till Plains of western Ohio.”

Bog Birch (Betula pumila) State Threatened

Kalm’s Lobelia
(Lobelia kalmii)
Yellow Sedge
(Carex flava)

Ohio Goldenrod
(Solidago ohioensis)
Riddell’s Goldenrod
(Solidago riddellii)

Small Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis procera)
Potentially Threatened

Twig-Rush
(Cladium mariscoides)

Compass Plant
(Silphium laciniatum) State Endangered

Sullivant’s Milkweed
(Asclepias sullivantii)
Purple Milkweed
(Asclepias purpurascens)

Mountain-mint
(Pycnanthemum virginianum) Prairie Loosestrife
(Lysimachia quadriflora)
Winged Loosestrife
(Lythrum alatum)
Ohio Spiderwort
(Tradescantia ohiensis)

COMMON WILD BLACKBERRY
(Rubus allegheniensis)

Prairie Coneflower
(Ratibida pinnata)
Prairie-Dock
(Silphium terebinthinaceum)

Common Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)

We owe a debt of gratitude to those who came before us and
worked so hard over so many years to forge a natural areas
program for the citizens of Ohio, both present and future.
Dr. E Lucy Braun, Professor Emeritus Plant Ecology, University of Cincinnati
Dr. David Blyth, Columbus Audubon Society
Dr. Charles Dambach, Ohio Biological Survey & OSU Natural Resources
Dr. Oliver D. Diller, Head Dept of Forestry, Ohio Agr. Exp. Station, Wooster
Dr. Richard H. Durrell, Geology Professor, University of Cincinnati
Dr. J. Arthur Herrick, Professor of Botany, Kent State University
Dr. Kenneth Hunt, Director Glen Helen, Antioch College
Hon. Robert E. Holmes, Speaker, Ohio House of Representatives
Dr. Charles C. King, Executive Director, Ohio Biological Survey
Dr. E. J. Koestner, Director, Dayton Museum of Natural History
William Scheele, Director, Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Dr. Edward S. Thomas, Curator of Natural History, Ohio Historical Society
Walter A. Tucker, Director, Columbus Metropolitan Parks
Dr. Warren Wistendahl, Dept of Botany, Ohio University
Harold J. Zimmerman, Burroughs Nature Club, Willoughby

But as all those early pioneers of the natural areas movement
would say, “You can’t pay back, only forward.” It is your
turn now to carry on for the next generation of Ohioans who
will follow your generation.
Dr. Edward S. Thomas Dr. J. Arthur Herrick Walter A. Tucker

“The state has its full share of memorials ----statues,
libraries, institutions; some useful, some not; some
beautiful, many ugly. But somehow it never occurred
to anyone to set aside a square mile, much less a
township six miles square, of primeval vegetation for
future generations to see and enjoy. Yet this could
have been done for less than the cost of a single pile
of stone of dubious artistic and cultural merit.”
Dr. Paul B. Sears, born Bucyrus, Ohio 1891
Professor of botany University of Oklahoma 1927-1938
Oberlin College 1938-1950
Yale University, 1950-1960
Quote from nationally renowned Ohio ecologist Dr. Paul B. Sears
(Sears 1953) “What Worth Wilderness?”, Bulletin to the schools of the University of the State of New York.

Let’s make sure our generation doesn’t make the same
mistake as our forefathers. The large tracts of primeval
forest my be gone, but numerous patches of original
vegetation scattered across the state supporting a diversity
of rare species and ecosystems still survive. Let’s make
sure we don’t lose them as well. Let’s protect them for the
benefit and enjoyment of future Ohio families.
Working together, we can all
make a difference for this, as
well as for future generations
of Ohioans!

Ohio
Natural Areas & Preserves Association
(ONAPA)
The purpose of ONAPA
is to protect Ohio’s Natural
Heritage by bringing together
organizations and individuals
to help maintain, monitor,
restore, and support Ohio’s
important natural areas.
To learn more about ONAPA visit us at www.onapa.org

Ohio
Natural Areas & Preserves Association
Help establish preserve “Friends Groups.”
Promote the DNAP income tax check-off.
Promote the DNAP auto license plate.
Monitor the preserves for vandalism,
maintenance and other problems.
Send emails and write letters of
support when necessary.
(ONAPA)
Recruit and organize volunteers to
participate in habitat management
and preserve maintenance projects.

Officers Board of Directors
Ohio Natural Areas & Preserves Association
President: Guy L. Denny – Original Asst. Chief DNAP 1976-1994; Chief from
1994-1999; Executive Director Ohio Biological Survey 2006-2007;
Current Secretary/Treasurer Outdoor Writers of Ohio, Inc.
Vice President: Robert McCance, Jr. – First Administrator of DNAP Natural
Heritage Program; Past President Natural Areas Association;
former Executive Director of the Kentucky State Nature
Preserve Commission.
Secretary: Richard E. Moseley, Jr. – First Administrator of Natural Areas
Program; First Chief of DNAP; Member Ohio Conservation Hall
of Fame; retired ODNR Deputy Director.
Treasurer: Raymond Heithaus, PhD – Recently retired professor of biology
Kenyon College; formally served on boards of the Ohio Academy
of Science and the Ohio Biological Survey; President, Owl Creek
Conservancy Land Trust.

ONAPA Board of Directors Cont.
Executive Committee: Cheryl Harner – Co-founder Mohican Audubon Society:
co-founder Flora-Quest; Richland Co. Master Gardeners.
Delores Cole – Past President Kirtland Bird Club; Vice Chair Black Swamp Bird
Observatory. ONAPA Webmaster
Government Affairs Chair: James F. McGregor – First DNAP Field Operations
Administrator; former Chief ODNR Civilian Conservation
Division, Mayor of Gahanna; State Representative, 20th
Ohio House District.
James K. Bissell, PhD – Curator of Botany and Coordinator of the Natural Areas
Program for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Barbara K. Andreas, PhD – Professor Emeritus Dept. Biological Science at Kent
State; former Natural Areas Council Member and
Vice President Native Plant Society of Ohio; Adjunct
Professor Ohio University.
Executive Committee: Timothy Snyder – Retired west-central Ohio DNAP District
Preserve Manager; writer and current President Outdoor
Writers of Ohio; Chair of ONAPA Resource Protection
Committee.

ONAPA Board of Directors Cont.
John Mack – Chief of Natural Resources for Cleveland Metroparks; former
wetland specialist and staff attorney with Ohio EPA.
Joseph Sommer – ODNR Director 1985-1991; has served on the boards of
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, the Wilderness
Center, and the Ohio Chapter of the Nature Conservancy:
Appointed to the ODNR Wildlife Council by Governor Voinovich
and to the ODNR Recreation Resources Commission by
Governor Taft and Strickland.
David Todt, PhD – Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Shawnee
State College; former Ohio Natural Areas Council Member
1994-2004; former Trustee Ohio Chapter of the Nature
Conservancy
Dewey Hollister – Botanist and landscape designer; has worked on landscape
projects internationally; one of the founders of the Ohio Heritage
Garden at the Governor’s Residence.
Mary Christensen – Lawyer in the areas of public utility regulations and internet law;
Board Member Franklin Park Conservancy; active with National
Wildlife Federation.
Katryn Renard - Co-founder of Columbus Audubon Service in DNAP Preserves that
has been in operation for 30 years; Columbus Audubon Board.

ONAPA Scientific Advisory Committee
Raymond Heithaus, PhD, Chair - Biologist, Professor Emeritus, Kenyon
College.
Barbara Andreas, PhD – Professor Emeritus, Dept. Biological Sciences,
Kent State University; Adjunct Professor Ohio
University; former Natural Areas Council Member.
Botanist and Coordinator of the Natural Areas
for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
David Brandenburg, PhD – Botanist with the Dawes Arboretum; former
botanist Brooklyn Botanical Garden.
Phil Cantino, PhD – Botanist, Professor Emeritus Ohio University.
James K. Bissell, PhD -
Jennifer Clevinger, PhD – Botanist, Professor of Biology Walsh College

ONAPA Scientific Advisory Committee, Continued
John Mack, J.D., M.S.E.S. – Ecologist; Chief of Natural Resources,
Cleveland Metroparks.
David Todt, PhD – Biologist and Provost and Vice-President for Academic
Affairs Shawnee State College; Ohio Natural Areas
Council 1994-2004.
Helen Michaels, PhD – Professor of Ecology, Bowling Green State
University
Donald Geiger, PhD – Botanist, Professor Emeritus, University of Dayton
Siobhan Fennessy, PhD – Professor of Biology, wetland specialist
Kenyon College.

ONAPA Resource Management Committee
Timothy Snyder, Chair – Retired DNAP west –central Ohio District Preserve
Manager
Renee Boronka – Natural Areas Program Cleveland Museum of Natural History
John Jaeger – Retired Chief of Natural Resource Management Toledo MetroParks
David Kriska – Natural Areas Program Cleveland Museum of Natural History
John Mack – Chief of Natural Resources Cleveland MetroParks
Carrie Morrow – Assistant Resource Mgr. Columbus & Franklin Co. MetroParks
David Nolan – Land Manager Five Rivers Metroparks
Emliss Ricks – Retired DNAP District Preserve Manager, Northeastern Ohio
Frank Skalski – Retired DNAP District Preserve Manager, Southwestern Ohio
John Watts – Resource Manager Columbus & Franklin Co. MetroParks
Jennifer Windus – Former DNAP Monitoring & Research Administrator
Phil Zito – Retired DNAP District Preserve Manager, Southeastern Ohio

ODNR Director Zehringer
Deputy Director (K. Gebhardt)
DNAP Chief
Chief Botanist
R. Gardner
Monitoring & Research Volunteer Coordinator
J. Kasai
Special Projects
R. McCance
Natural Areas Advisory Council
Seasonal Botanists
Seasonals
Central Office Volunteer Advisors
Preserve Mgr.
S.W. Ohio
M. Comer
Preserve Mgr.
N.W. Ohio
M. Grote
Preserve Mgr.
S.E. Ohio
Boch Hollow
Preserve Mgr.
N.E. Ohio
Columbus Audubon
Special Projects
Statewide Work Group
Individual
Preserve
Friends Groups
Natural Heritage Data Base
G. Schneider – D. Woischke
Misc. Volunteers

ONAPA Government Relations Committee
James F. McGregor, Chair – Served as the first DNAP Field Operations
Administrator; former Mayor of Gahanna;
former State Representative 20th House Dist.
Fran Buchholzer – Appointed ODNR Director by Governor Voinovich
Mary Christensen – Practices law in public utility regulations & internet
Don Hollister – Executive Director Ohio League of Conservation Voters
Cheryl Johncox – Executive Director Buckeye Forest Council
John O’Meara – Director-Secretary Columbus & Franklin County MetroParks
Joseph Sommer – Appointed ODNR Director by Governor Celeste

A nation’s economic wealth ultimately originates
with and is derived from the wealth and abundance
of its Natural Resources:
1. Mineral resources
2. Oil & gas reserves
3. Forestry resources
4. Fishery resources
5. Agricultural soils
6. Abundant fresh water
7. Wildlife

On May 20, 1970, ODNR Director Fred E. Morr handpicked
Richard E. Moseley Jr. to put together this new program.
Richard E. Moseley, Jr.
ODNR established a Natural Areas &
Scenic Rivers Planning Section in the
Office of Program & Planning to
administer the new natural areas and
scenic rivers programs and to provide
Technical assistance to the Ohio
Natural Areas Council.

“For in the end, we will conserve only what we love.
We will love only what we understand. We will
understand only what we are taught.”
Baba Dioum
1968
International Union for
Conservation of Nature
and Natural Resources
New Delhi, India 1968

Ohio Natural Areas Council
Columbus Audubon
Special Projects
Statewide Work Group
Habitat Management
Rapid Response Team
Individual
Preserve
Friends Groups
Seasonal Contract Workers
(Stipends to Outside Mgt. Org.)
State Park Staff
Assigned to
Nature Preserve Mgt.
Nature Preserve On-Site
Management
Friends of State Nature Preserves
Volunteer Central Office Staff
Outside Contracted Land
Management Entities
District Park
Manager
Park Manager
Revised 5- 1 -12
Volunteer
Coordinator
Ecological Habitat Mgt.
Coordinator
Chief DNAP/ Program Coordinator
Seasonals
Chief Parks & Recreation
Seasonals

GOLDENSEAL
(Hydrastis canadensis)
Modern research confirm this plant’s
major alkaloids, hydrastine & berberine
are sedative and tend to lower blood
pressure. Both exhibit a strong
antibacterial and even an anti-viral
action.

BLOODROOT (Sanguinaria canadensis)

The plaque-inhibiting alkaloid, sanguinarine, interferes with
the ability of bacteria to convert carbohydrates into enzymes
that destroy gum tissue causing bacterial plaque and
gingivitis.

Hoary Willow (Salix candida)
Potentially Threatened

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