Lyndhurst resident’s bald eagle photo chosen as 2022 Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp

CLEVELAND — A placing picture that captures a bald eagle and its eaglet taken by Lyndhurst resident Jennifer Beck has been chosen because the picture for the thirteenth annual Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp. Income from the stamp go towards Ohio’s Wildlife Variety Fund, which helps help habitat restoration, wildlife and habitat analysis, in keeping with the Ohio Division of Pure Sources.

Beck submitted her successful eagle picture for the Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp Picture Contest. It was chosen based mostly on originality, technical excellence, composition and total influence.

The bald eagle is certainly one of Ohio’s most recognizable success tales in endangered species restoration. From simply 4 breeding pairs in 1979 to now a whole bunch of nests, with bald eagles present in every of Ohio’s 88 counties, America’s nationwide image as soon as on the verge of extinction is now thriving. A lot in order that it was faraway from the federal listing of threatening and endangered species in 2007, and from Ohio’s in 2012.

A nesting survey in 2021 revealed there are an estimated 806 bald eagle nests in Ohio. That is an estimated improve of 14% from the 707 bald eagle nests documented by way of 2020 citizen science survey.

ODNR says bald eagle nesting success was at an estimated price of 82% within the spring of 2021, and the variety of younger per nest was 1.6, effectively above the variety of 1 per nest wanted to maintain the inhabitants.

The state mentioned $14 from each $15 Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp offered will go to the Wildlife Variety Fund. The fund helps restore and preserve endangered and threatened species similar to lake sturgeon, Karner blue butterfly, Indiana bat and the jap hellbender.

Ohioans serious about seeing their {photograph} on the Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp can enter the competition in August, with the winner being featured on the 2023 Legacy Stamp.

The stamp could be bought in any respect location in Ohio that sells searching and fishing licenses, the HuntFish OH app or on-line right here.

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