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By Nature's Design: Exploring Our Native Wildlife

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By Nature’s Design: Exploring Our Native Wildlife
Welcome to the Wetlands
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Explore the threats facing Ohio’s wetlands and the fight for their future.

By Nature’s Design: Exploring Our Native Wildlife
Great Black Swamp Drainage
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Lauren Kinsman-Costello talks about the drainage of the former Great Black Swamp.

By Nature’s Design: Exploring Our Native Wildlife
Lake Erie Algae Bloom
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Eric Saas talks about the harmful algae blooms that occur in the Western Basin of Lake Erie.

By Nature’s Design: Exploring Our Native Wildlife
Preview: Welcome to the Wetlands
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Explore the threats facing Ohio’s wetlands and the fight for their future.

By Nature’s Design: Exploring Our Native Wildlife
Trailer: Welcome to the Wetlands
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Explore the threats facing Ohio’s wetlands and the fight for their future.

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Great Black Swamp Animation — By Nature's Design

Historically, it is estimated that the Great Black Swamp spanned 1,500 square miles from modern-day Fort Wayne, Indiana to the western shores of Lake Erie. (Which is 960,000 acres, so close to almost 1 million acres). The current map represents just over 8,000 acres (8,014.9 acres to be exact) of remaining/restored areas of the Great Black Swamp.