New Wildlife Diversity report available online

Indiana DNR Release:

INDIANAPOLIS – The new Wildlife Diversity Annual Report, which documents the 2009 projects of the Wildlife Diversity Section of the DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife, is available for viewing at: http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/3347.htm

Each project was developed to help manage one or more of Indiana's native species, including Eastern box turtles, crawfish frogs, hellbenders, lake sturgeon, Allegheny woodrats (aka pack rats), redside dace (fish) and timber rattlesnakes.

The new Web publication also documents an ongoing study on the role interstate highways may serve as a potential barrier to the maintenance of genetic diversity in some wildlife species.
The WDS is responsible for the conservation and management of more than 750 species of nongame, endangered and threatened wildlife in Indiana. The WDS depends on donations from citizens to the Nongame Fund. In addition, the WDS receives reimbursements for expenditures through the State Wildlife Grants program administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The reimbursable expenditures must be used on projects involving Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) which were identified by Indiana’s Comprehensive Wildlife Strategy.