Miami University
OP-T2-20: Wildlife Habitat

The Natural Areas Committee reports to the President of the University and is responsible for the oversight and management of the university's Natural Areas, which are to be preserved and protected in perpetuity. Most notable of the Natural Areas is the Bachelor Wildlife and Game Preserve, described below (from website): Bachelor Wildlife and Game Reserve During the twenty years that Dr. Joseph M. Bachelor served on the Miami faculty, he accumulated land adjacent to the University. He lived on the land, farmed it, and in 1947, gave 416 acres to create the Bachelor Wildlife and Game Reserve, the backbone of the natural areas. The Bachelor Wildlife and Game Reserve is managed to establish and preserve habitat diversity for native plants and wildlife. A variety of animals live in the Reserve including beaver that frequent Bachelor pond. This land encompasses a number of interesting features and attractions. Some of these include the scenic Harkers Run Creek spanned by a 45' swinging bridge, wood ducks nesting at Bachelor Pond, pinewoods and old growth woodlands of beech, maple and oaks. Over six miles of trails connect these interesting areas.