Lucas County lies within the Maumee Lake Plains area of the Huron-Erie Lake Plains ecoregion, which was the location of the now mostly-drained and channelized Black Swamp. It is bordered to the east by Lake Erie, and to the southeast by the Maumee River. The county is entirely within the Lake Erie Watershed (See p. 11 in Ohio Coastal Atlas: Chapter 2 for a detailed watershed map).

Places to Visit

• Wiregrass Lake Metropark in northwest Ohio features a spring fed lake and boasts some of the best examples of the Oak Openings Region’s globally rare wet prairie community. After much invasive plant removal and natural area restoration, many of the region’s state-listed rare species continue to thrive here, monitored each season by volunteer researchers and staff. To protect the diversity of the dragonfly population, Metroparks Toledo asks that any bank-fishing be done only from the dock or stone ledges accessible off of the Blue Dasher Trail, and that the protected beach area at the south end of the lake remain off limits to any fishing. 59 species of Odonata have been observed here since 2008—a testament to the high biodiversity found within the Oak Openings.

  https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/odonata-of-wiregrass-lake-metropark

  See Ohio Dragon Flier issues 32-2 and 33-1 "Wiregrass Lake Odonata Monitoring".

• Maumee River Water Trail. Map shows parkland, water access points, and facilities.

County Observation Activity

This graph shows the total number of odonata observations for the county in blue, with the average for all Ohio counties in orange. The season is divided into 10 or 11 day segments by Month – basically early-month, mid-month, and late-month.