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Ohio - Morgan Swamp
The Grand River's 712-square-mile watershed supports numerous rare plant and animal species, including bald eagles, the Eastern massasauga rattlesnake, the four-toed salamander and painted trillium. Its diverse wetlands provide critical habitat and protect the river's water quality. Morgan Swamp, one of the largest undeveloped interior wetlands in Ohio, is part of the Grand River Lowlands wetland complex. This mosaic of swamp forests, marshes and beaver ponds has witnessed the return of the river otter to Ohio. The forests along the river shelter nesting and migratory bird populations, including yellow-bellied sapsuckers and Cerulean warblers.
For nearly 20 years, The Nature Conservancy, with local land trusts, state agencies and private citizens, has worked to protect Morgan Swamp and the rest of the Grand River watershed by restoring wetland habitat, battling invasive species and protecting more than half of the 2,000-acre swamp.
