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Bioohio Volume 18 No November 2010 BioOhio Volume 18 No. 4 A Quarterly Newsletter of the Ohio Biological Survey In This Issue Ohio Biological Survey, Inc. Board of Trustees - 2010 1. 2010 Annual Advisory Council Meeting ....1 2. Executive Director’s Comments .................2 Kendra Wecker - Chair 3. OBS Small Grant Awardees ........................3 E. Raymond Heithaus - Secretary 4. New OBS Website ......................................3 Don Kuenzer 5. Publications - A New Approach..................4 James Lane - Treasurer 6. Periodical Cicadas - An Update ..................5 David McShaffrey 7. 2011 Ohio Natural History Conference ......6 Paul Rodewald 8. 2010 Wildlife Diversity Conference ...........6 Greg Smith 9. New OBS E-mail Address...........................6 10. Fare Thee Well ............................................6 Ex-Officio: 11. Osborn and Naturalist Award Info ..............7 Dave Horn, Executive Director 12. Organization Contacts .................................7 Brian Armitage, Publication Director 13. OBS Contact Information..........................12 Peter Precario, Corporate Counsel For some, it’s time to renew your individual membership dues. Look for an additional attachment or an inclusion in your mailing. Thank you for your promopt response. Bob Deal (Shawnee State University, Portsmouth), Ja- 2010 Annual Advisory Council Meeting son Larson (Ohio University, Athens; student mem- ber), Mark Dilley (MAD Scientist & Associates, Westerville), and Scott Pendleton, DVM (Cadiz Ani- The 2010 Annual Advisory Council Meeting of the Ohio mal Clinic, Cadiz). In the Financial Report by Jim Lane, Biological Survey was held on Saturday, November 6, it was noted that the Survey experienced some cash flow 2010 at the Highbanks Metro Park Nature Center north problems during the summer, resulting in Brian of Columbus. The business meeting started at 9:50 AM Armitage and Dave Horn offering to continue in their and ended at noon. Following lunch, those in atten- respective positions without salary. The difficulties were dance heard presentations of the 2010 Small Grant re- brought about because of the over-large accounts pay- cipients. Minutes of the 2010 Annual Advisory Coun- able balance created by institutional members in-ar- cil Meeting will be included in the 2010 Annual Report rears on their annual dues, and by low book sales. The that will accompany the February, 2011 issue of Finance Committee and Board took action in Septem- BioOhio. ber and November based on recommendations of the Finance Committee to solve this problem, and to put During the meeting, four new OBS Board members for the Survey on a firmer fiscal footing. A business man- 2011 were added by unanimous vote of the institutional ager position was approved, whose function has been representatives and individual member representatives- carried out by Armitage since April, 2009. He will con- at-large present. These new Board members include tinue in that position. The conference coordinator po- sition was eliminated. Dr. Gene Kritsky of the College for some of these surveys in Ohio. A complete list, of Mount St. Joseph, was asked to be the new BioOhio with links, will appear on our refurbished website. and Annual Report editor, beginning in 2011. This be- (I apologize if I’ve omitted your favorite project. gins the process of replacing Armitage’s publication Please let me know.) editorship, leading to his planned retirement. The ad- ministrative assistant position will be retained. The I know that I’m writing for an audience of whom Board is examining all possibilities for increasing sales, many are already involved in one or more Citizen membership, and growth of the endowment funds. The Science efforts. If you’re not involved, consider get- budget for 2011 is reasonable, and should be more than ting involved. Participation does not require a lot of covered by dues, sales, and other income. All external previous knowledge other than a willingness to learn encum-brances of the Survey, primarily with the Ohio and enjoy. If you are involved, good for you, and Division of Wildlife, remain intact and the Survey re- thank you. Here is a suggestion: get someone else mains solvent. Institutions who are behind on their dues involved, particularly if he or she is a youth or young are encouraged to get up-to-date in the immediate fu- adult. We need all the help we can get, and we need ture. to convince the next generations that field biology is enjoyable and rewarding. Executive Director’s Comments: I would be remiss to not add that if you are an indi- Get Involved vidual member of OBS it is time to renew your mem- bership. Your continued support is most appreciated at any time, but particularly now since OBS is weath- One of the unfortunate realities of contemporary ering the same economic challenges as most nonprofit higher education is that university faculty and fund- organizations. Consider making a year-end tax-de- ing agencies are less interested in surveys of flora ductible contribution to the Survey, and perhaps re- and fauna, and natural history generally, than was true cruit a few new members. a generation or two ago. Fortunately, the Ohio Bio- logical Survey remains viable thanks in large mea- A happy and safe holiday season to all. sure to the continuing support we enjoy from institu- Dave Horn, Executive Director tional and individual members. Another encourag- ing sign especially during the past two decades has Here are some links to Citizen Science Projects: been the growth of “Citizen Science” activities in Ohio and elsewhere. Citizen Science enlists the aid Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II - of amateur natural historians and other volunteers in http://www.ohiobirds.org/obba2/ collecting data that can be used to monitor popula- Long-term Butterfly Monitoring - tion trends of well-studied groups such as birds, and http://www.ohiolepidopterists.org/bflymonitoring/ can add to our knowledge of lesser-known taxa (which include nearly everything other than birds and Ohio Odonata Survey - flowering plants). Having an army of trained ama- http://www.marietta.edu/~odonata/ teur observers in the field provides comprehensive Ohio Spider Survey - coverage of flora and fauna that would be impossible http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/spiderweb/ for professionals alone. As an example, the Christ- Ohiospidersurvey.htm mas Bird Counts sponsored by National Audubon (http://birds.audubon.org/christmas-bird-count) soon Great Backyard Bird Count - will be underway in December for the 111th season. http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc Thousands of amateur birders participate, and the data Ohio Frog and Toad Calling Survey - resulting have been essential in documenting changes http://ohioamphibians.com/frogs/callsurvey/ and movements in bird populations during the win- index.html ter. The Christmas Bird Counts serve as an ideal model for other Citizen Science studies. At the end Buckeye Lady Beetle Blitz - of this column I have provided contact information http://www.ladybeetles.osu.edu/ 2 A Systematic Revision of the Genus Lycopodiella. 2010 OBS Small Grants Jason S. Larson, Ohio University. Every once in a while, I get this nagging feeling that I’ve forgotten something. Usually, I have. Normally announced in the February or May issue of BioOhio, the Survey’s small OBS Web Site and PayPal grant recipients for 2010 have been laboring in relative ob- scurity for too long. My apologies. The Ohio Biological Survey Board approved $3,250 ($2,500 institutional and $750 The Survey’s web site is still in development, but live. individual) for disbursement in the 2010 Small Grant Pro- Actually, all web sites are constantly under construction, gram. Of four proposals submitted by individual members, but we are still at the “roughing out” stage, not the three were funded. There were eight proposals submitted finishing work or maintenance stages. We have entered for institutional funding, and five of these were approved in into an agreement with PayPal to handle our online sales, keeping with the allocation indicated above. We thank all registrations, donations, and membership subscriptions. those participating in this year’s competition. The projects When selecting one of these, you are taken to a PayPal and individual/institutions selected for this year’s grants are shopping cart. There you can indicate the number of each listed below. item you want and either return to shopping on our web site or continue to payment. By entering your zip code, Individual Small Grant PayPal automatically calculates sales tax for Ohio, and given the weight of your order (in the case of books), it Plant Communities and Floristic Survey of Payne’s also calculates postage. Payment can be by a variety of Crossing Special Area, Perry County, Ohio. Sarah credit cards, or you can set up a PayPal account and M. Harrelson, Dublin, Ohio. associate a credit card or bank account with it. I have had a PayPal account for years and find it quite handy and A Survey of the Abundance and Diversity of Aquatic safe for sending and receiving funds online. But, please Invertebrates in the Oak Openings region of North- do your own due diligence in this decision. west Ohio. Michael A. Plenzer, Bowling Green, Ohio. Most, but not all, of the Survey’s books will be linked to Continuation of an Ecological Study of the North- PayPal purchase by the time you read this. Next we will ern Copperhead in Ohio. Doug Wynn, Lewis Center, generate pages for paying membership dues, contributing Ohio. donations, and registering for the Ohio Natural History Conference and the Wildlife Diversity Conference. Institutional Small Grants After the “business” end of the Survey is operational online, then we will focus our attention on our membership Diversity and Successional Patterns of Aquatic and on pertinent web site content. There is already a bit Communities Colonizing Dipsacus fullonum present, ported over from the old web site, but we Phytotelms. Robert Verb, Leslie Riley, Christopher anticipate many changes. 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