Oxbow, Inc.

Oxbow, Inc. now has a new web site. These pages will disappear in a little while.

Oxbow inc.is a wetlands preservation organiztion. Its purpose is to protect the seasonal wetlands and floodplain at the confluence of the Great Miami and Ohio Rivers from development. Oxbow, Inc. pursues this goal by raising funds to purchase land and conservation easements in the floodplain. Oxbow owns about 260 acres of the floodplain in Indiana and owns easements on another 260 acres of farm land.

This map shows the the Oxbow region at the place where the Great Miami River empties into the Ohio, just a little west of Cincinnati and a little east of Lawrenceburg. The Oxbow Lake, for which the region is named is the "C" shaped lake visible just above the second 'r' of the label 'Lawrenceburg' at about 84.83W and 39.12N.

Oxbow, Inc. runs monthly field trips into the flood plain, and holds monthly meetings. The meetings are held on alternate months in Cincinnati, OH and Lawrenceburg, IN. Everyone is invited to attend the trips and meetings. Information about upcomming activities can be found in the most recent Wetland Matters.

Oxbow sponsors scientific research on wetland ecology, and offers a variety of informative slide programs to local schools and organizations. Some funds are available to support field trips to the Oxbow area by children from local schools.

Oxbow has about 1,000 members. Everyone is invited to join.

For information about bird watching in the Oxbow area, see Ned Keller's notes about birding the area.

For more details about Oxbow, Inc., membership information, information about research grants, or details of Oxbow's activites you can write to: Oxbow, Inc. P.O. Box 43391, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45243 or send email c/o Steve.Pelikan@UC.edu.

The newsletter of Oxbow, Inc., called Wetland Matters, is published 6 times a year. More recent numbers are in the form of a postscript file as they were sent to the printer, but MINUS many of the graphics. Feel free to take a copy of recent issues:

Wetland Matters, No 53 (May-June 1995)
Wetland Matters, No 54(July-August 1995)
Wetland matters, No 55(September-October 1995)
Wetland Matters, No 56(November-December 1995)
Wetland Matters, No 58(March-April 1996)
Wetland Matters, No 60(July-August 1996)
Wetland Matters, No. 63(Jan-Feb 1997)
Wetland Matters, No. 64(Mar-Apr 1997)
Wetland Matters, No. 65(May-Jun 1997)
Wetland Matters, No. 67(Sep-Oct 1997)
Wetland Matters, No. 68(Nov-Dec 1997)

What is an oxbow lake?

The Oxbow lake at the mouth of the Great Miami River was formed --- cut off from the river -- in 1859.

BIRDATHON

is Oxbow's annual fund raising event. Participants solicit pledges for each species of bird they identify and then spend 24 hours in early May finding as many birds as they can. Other non-profit environmental organiztions sponsor teams and split their pledges with Oxbow. The team finding the most species is awarded the Golden Starling trophy at the tally dinner, but there are many categories in which birders may participate. Everyone is encouraged to participate. Contact Oxbow as above for more information.

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