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Wayne National Forest--Big Bailey Wetland
Coordinates: 39.4254532, -82.1240044 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data Information on birding Big Bailey Wetland

Wayne National Forest--Burr Oak Cove Campground
Coordinates: 39.5469083, -82.0538378 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Wayne National Forest--Utah Ridge
Coordinates: 39.42219, -82.168239 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Wayne National Forest--Utah Ridge Pond
Coordinates: 39.4354307, -82.17031 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data Information on Utah Ridge Pond

Wayne National Forest--Dorr Run Trail
Coordinates: 39.4813217, -82.3075104 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Wayne National Forest--Kern Rd.
Coordinates: 39.4418937, -82.3332381 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Wayne National Forest--Greendale Wetland
Coordinates: 39.5451048, -82.2680819 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Wayne National Forest--Rutherford Wetland and Anderson Nature Trail
Coordinates: 39.5085439, -82.2618484 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Wayne National Forest--Sand Run Lake Picnic Area
Coordinates: 39.5258047, -82.2603625 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Wayne National Forest--Tanskys Marsh
Coordinates: 39.5780411, -82.2802162 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Wayne National Forest--Holmes Wetland
Coordinates: 39.6760129, -81.1294842 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Wayne National Forest--Lamping Homestead Recreation Area
Coordinates: 39.6306668, -81.1890319 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Wayne National Forest--Wildcat Hollow Trail (Morgan County)
Coordinates: 39.5731709, -82.0330024 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Wayne National Forest--Monroe Outlook
Coordinates: 39.59068, -82.05489 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Wayne National Forest-Athens Important Bird Area
The Wayne NF is located in southeastern Ohio in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and is comprised of approximately 239,000 acres. It is administrated in two Districts, made up of three separate, noncontiguous units (Athens and Marietta Units are in the Athens District; Ironton Unit is the Ironton District). Each unit has an individuality that makes the Wayne appear to be three forests instead of one, each somewhat characterized by their connection to the long history of mineral development. The Ironton area was known for its iron furnaces, the Athens and surrounding areas were extensively mined for coal, and the Marietta Unit is dotted by oil/gas wells.

The Wayne National Forest is the largest tract of public land ownership in Ohio. Its goal is to manage for all wildlife species through a variety of habitats - forest, wetland, grassland (reclaimed surface-mine), and shrubby fallow field areas. The most common habitat is deciduous hardwood. However, smaller rare areas of vegetation include a remnant tallgrass prairie area known as Buffalo Beats, a bottomland pin oak-swamp white oak community at Paines Crossing, and a post oak barren at Fradd Hollow. The Athens District, primarily in Athens, Vinton, Hocking, Perry, and Morgan Counties, is a transition from the hills of southern Ohio to the farmland located to the north. The Athens District is much less developed than the other two districts.

The Bird Survey Routes sourced above cover but a small portion of the Units but are spread out among various habitat types. The Wayne is important for a number of priority bird species, with its large blocks of forest providing strongholds for substantial breeding populations of many Appalachian specialties such as Cerulean Warbler and Worm-eating Warbler, along with Kentucky Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, and Yellow-breasted Chat, Acadian Flycatcher, Wood Thrush, and Black Vulture. The Cerulean Warbler has been under consideration for Federal Endangered Species listing with the center of its distribution just miles away from the Wayne in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Wetlands found on the Wayne support several heron rookeries and waterfowl.

Surprisingly, on the reclaimed surface-mine lands, the Wayne also has significant populations of grassland specialties such as Henslow's Sparrow and shrubby openings with Prairie Warbler. From Wayne National Forest-Athens Important Bird Area webpage

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