The Western Wildlife Corridor Story
The Western Wildlife Corridor, Inc. is a Cincinnati‐based 501 (c)(3) nonprofit nature conservancy land trust formed in 1992. Our mission includes the protection of natural habitat along the Ohio River Valley from the Mill Creek to the Indiana line, and we own and manage nature preserves totaling nearly 300 acres. WWC is headquartered and focused on the west side of Cincinnati. The backbone of the Western Wildlife Corridor organization is it’s talented and generous base of volunteers and patrons. It’s because of all of you that we’re able to accomplish so much! We are proud to be responsible stewards of not only the land we protect, but the generous contributions of our volunteers, members, and patrons. There are many ways you can get involved! Visit a preserve, enjoy and hike or a seminar, or get involved with habitat restoration.
Forest Inventory Data for Bender Mountain
Black Snakeroot at Bender Mountain

Black Snakeroot at Bender Mountain, September, 2011 -photo by Tim Sisson, WWC President 2011 From wikipedia; “Actaea racemosa (black cohosh, black bugbane, black snakeroot, fairy candle; syn. Cimicifuga racemosa) is a plant of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). It is native to eastern North America from the extreme south of Ontario…
Jack-in-the-Pulpit at Bender Mountain
The Journey to Protect Delshire Preserve
In the late 1960s, the Delhi subdivision of Delshire was created, consisting of 33 homes and surrounded by 17 acres of greenspace with steep ravines and terrain too difficult to build upon. The builder, foreseeing buyers’ attraction to homes surrounded by undeveloped greenspace, had the greenspace specifically zoned for park…