“Trumpeter swans represent a great comeback story for Ohio. This is just one of many examples of the conservation work ODNR has been doing for the last 75 years,” Ohio Department of Natural ...

Trumpeter swans almost went extinct during the early 1900s—fewer than 100 were in the Lower 48 at one point. ... It spread mostly in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes regions.

Wild Bulletin, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fish and Wildlife: March is the beginning of peak nesting season for Indiana’s state-endangered trumpeter swan.During the nesting season, ...

Trumpeter swans are now doing well enough that it has been recently proposed to remove these swans from the Michigan endangered species list. ... the decimation of these great swans was stopped.

Utah has allowed the taking of rare trumpeter swans, considered North America’s largest bird, for years because they are easily mistaken for the much more common, but smaller tundra swan.

“Trumpeter swans represent a great comeback story for Ohio,” said Mertz. “This is just one of many examples of the conservation work ODNR has been doing for the last 75 years.

“Trumpeter swans represent a great comeback story for Ohio. This is just one of many examples of the conservation work ODNR has been doing for the last 75 years,” said ODNR Director Mary Mertz.

The trumpeter swan cygnets, originally from the MLK wetlands, spent 142 days at the Humane Indiana Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center before their Oct. 18 release, the center said.

Ohio's trumpeter swan population stands at nearly 900 ... “In addition to monitoring the growth of the trumpeter swan population, a great deal of work also went into creating and restoring ...

So while there were zero trumpeter swans in the Great Lakes area in 1985, now about 740 birds breed in Michigan, 700 in Wisconsin, and 1,000 in Ontario. All migrate south in winter.

“It’s great that 36 species were removed from the list, but others still need our help, Kleitch said. Among the threats to Michigan's trumpeter swan is the mute swan, which is an invasive and ...