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State permit policies & procedures
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Ohio
Website Permits : http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/...
Contacts Ronald Ollis
Law Enforcement Administration
Ohio Division of Wildlife
2045 Morse Rd, Bldg G
Columbus, OH 43229
Is a permit needed for banding?Yes.
Per regulation:
1501:31-25-01 Wild animal permit regulations.
(A) The following regulations are hereby established by authority of sections 1531.08, 1533.08 and 1533.09 of the Revised Code.
(B) The chief of the division of wildlife is hereby authorized to
establish a scientific collecting permit and an education permit. The
chief shall establish criteria and guidelines for qualification for
such permits. Persons not providing adequate qualifications will be
denied a permit.
(C) Persons desiring to engage in bird banding activities shall receive
banding permit from the division of wildlife. banding permits allow
banding and release activities only. All birds killed or injured during
banding activities, shall be provided to the division of wildlife or
transferred to an approved wild animal permit holder. All banding
permit holders must have or work under the authority of a valid banding
or marking permit issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Permit application forms
- Application Form - no
available on the website or in electronic format. Contact the agency to
obtain an application form. Ohio DNR informed the Ornithological
Council in July 2009 that in the next 18 months, the agency hopes to be
able to take applications online.
- Renewal - as above
- Threatened and Endangered
- as above
- Salvage - as above
State lands
To be determined
Prior notice
Check permit conditions. Even if not
expressly required to do so, you should always contact the manager of
that particular state land unit or with the owner of private land
before your arrival. You want to be aware of the hunting seasons, and,
of course want to be sure that your activities will not interfere with
the activities of that park, wildlife management area, or other state
land unit, and that your activities will not adversely affect public
use of the land or with the activities of private landowners.
Policies
Ohio Administrative Code
1501:31-25-01 Wild animal permit regulations.
(A) The following regulations are hereby established by authority of sections 1531.08, 1533.08 and 1533.09 of the Revised Code.
(B) The chief of the division of wildlife is hereby authorized to
establish a scientific collecting permit and an education permit. The
chief shall establish criteria and guidelines for qualification for
such permits. Persons not providing adequate qualifications will be
denied a permit.
(C) Persons desiring to engage in bird banding activities shall receive
banding permit from the division of wildlife. banding permits allow
banding and release activities only. all birds killed or injured during
banding activities, shall be provided to the division of wildlife or
transferred to an approved wild animal permit holder. All banding
permit holders must have or work under the authority of a valid banding
or marking permit issued by the U.S. fish and wildlife service.
(D) All persons requesting a scientific collecting, education or
banding permit shall at the time of application for such permit provide
the information requested on forms provided by the division of wildlife
for each separate project. Permit holders may add projects during the
duration of the permit but only after submitting projects and receiving
approval from the wildlife chief.
(E) Persons failing to provide full information required on the
application form to the satisfaction of the wildlife chief will be
denied a permit. In addition, a copy of all published reports or
publications derived from the data collected shall be provided to the
division of wildlife.
(F) Wild animal permits expire at midnight on March fifteenth of each year.
(G) Persons who assist a permit holder are authorized to collect and/or possess wild animals for the permit holder.
(1) Persons who assist a permit holder are authorized to collect and/or
possess wild animals only under the conditions of the permit, in
compliance with wildlife laws.
(2) The permit holder is responsible for ensuring that wild animals are
collected or possessed by his assistants only in compliance with the
permit.
(H) The chief of the division of wildlife is hereby authorized to issue
free letter permits to qualified persons for the taking, possession or
transportation of wild animals, including aquatic nuisance species and
endangered species. Persons desiring a letter permit shall supply
information as required by the chief. Failure to provide such
information will result in denial of the permit.
(I) It shall be unlawful for any person receiving a permit established
by this rule or section 1533.08 of the Revised Code to fail to submit a
written report of collecting activities prior to March fifteen each
year. The report shall list the following information for each specimen
collected:
(1) Scientific name and quantity collected.
(2) Date collected.
(3) Location (county and township) collected.
(4) Location, date and method each specimen was disposed of.
(J) It shall be unlawful for any person possessing a permit mentioned
in this rule to take, possess, or transport any wild animal contrary to
any condition set forth within the permit or established by the chief
of the division of wildlife.
(K) It shall be unlawful to use or provide any contraceptive drugs,
substances or chemicals to any free ranging wild animal. Provided
further, persons may request permission from the chief of the division
of wildlife to use contraceptives for scientific research. The chief
may issue a conditional permit in writing after a person has submitted
in writing the proposal which outlines the scientific research project.
(L) All definitions set forth in rule 1501:31-1-02 of the Administrative Code shall apply to this rule.
Chapter 1501:31-23 Endangered Wild Animals
1501:31-23-01 Special endangered wild animal regulations.
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other wildlife
order, or Chapters 1531. and 1533. of the Revised Code, the following
native species and subspecies of wild animals shall be designated as
endangered in accordance with section 1531.25 of the Revised Code: 2)
Birds
Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis
King rail, Rallus elegans
Kirtland’s warbler, Dendroica kirtlandii
Common tern, Sterna hirundo
American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus
Northern harrier, Circus cyaneus
Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis
Piping plover, Charadrius melodus
Black tern, Chlidonias niger
Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius
Bewick’s wren, Thryomanes bewickii
Loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus
Golden-winged warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera
Lark sparrow, Chondestes grammacus
Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator
Snowy Egret, Egretta thula
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to take, transport, sell, offer
for sale or possess any of the native endangered species of wild
animals, applying to endangered wild animals that are either resident
within or migrate into or through Ohio, or hides or parts thereof
listed in this rule or any other wildlife order without first obtaining
a written permit from the wildlife chief, except as provided in
paragraphs (B) and (F) of this rule. Provided further, it shall be
unlawful to trespass in areas posted with signs stating “Endangered
Species Nesting Area, Trespassing Unlawful.”
(D) All persons requesting a permit for the taking, selling, or
possession of an endangered species or hide or part thereof for
zoological, educational, scientific, or propagation purposes shall at
the time of application for such permit provide the following
information to the division of wildlife:
(1) A program or project description with a clear statement of the study objectives;
(2) Justification for the study;
(3) Duration of the study;
(4) Project location;
(5) Species and number to be collected or involved in the study;
(6) Study methods, regarding collecting gear and techniques; and
(7) Assurance that a final or annual report will be filed with the
division of wildlife, containing a clear statement on the final
disposition of each individual of each endangered species collected,
along with a copy of any reports or publications derived from the study
of these animals.
(E) Persons failing to provide full information required in paragraph
(C) of this rule to the satisfaction of the wildlife chief shall be
denied a permit. Further, failure to fill the requirements at the
conclusion of the project shall be reason for the chief to not issue
future permits to the person failing to comply.
(F) Persons legally obtaining any of the endangered species listed in
this rule from outside the state may possess and propagate said animals
in accordance with section 1533.71 of the Revised Code. Furthermore,
hides of bobcats and river otters may be bought or sold with proof of
purchasing a non-resident license or some other proof that the animal
was acquired legally, and conforms to current United States fish and
wildlife rules and regulations.
1501:31-23-02 Species designated as threatened.
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other wildlife
order, or Chapters 1531. and 1533. of the Revised Code, the following
native species and subspecies of the wild animals shall be designated
as threatened.
(1) Birds
Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned night-heron, Nyctanassa violacea
Barn owl, Tyto alba
Dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis
Hermit thrush, Catharus guttatus
Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis
Least flycatcher, Empidonax minimus
Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus
Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
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