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Habitat & Behavior. Snowshoe hares are very common in the northern forests of North America. Although once native to the extreme northeast corner of Ohio, snowshoe hares were probably never abundant or widely distributed. It is believed that they were extirpated from the state in the early 1900s due to large-scale clearing of forest lands.
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Habitat loss and climate change are the main threats to Snowshoe hares at present. In some areas of their range, the habitat for some populations has changed dramatically, leaving some habitats without snow for longer periods than previously. Some hares have adapted and stay brown all winter. Others, however, continue to turn white in winter. These...
The IUCN Red List and other sources don’t provide the number of the Snowshoe hare total population size. Currently, this species is classified as least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List and its numbers today are stable.
Snowshoe hares are a major prey item for many local predators; these include Canada lynx, bobcats, fishers, American martens, long-tailed weasels, minks, foxes, coyotes, domestic dogs, domestic cats, wolves, cougars, owls, hawks, golden eagles, and crows and ravens.
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Dec 21, 2010 · Ohio is looking to understand the current status of the snowshoe hare in Ashtabula and Geauga counties. Here for several years, the Wildlife Division stocked snowshoe hares in an intense...
Mar 14, 2002 · Due to their need for a specific habitat, the hares are only being released in the northeast corner of Ohio. Funding. The snowshoe hare reintroduction program is funded through...
A wide variety of habitat types are used if cover is available. Base visibility in good snowshoe hare habitat ranges from 2% at 16.5 feet (5 m) distance to 0% at 66 feet (20 m). Travel cover is slightly more open, ranging from 14.7% visibility at 16.5 feet (5 m) to 2.6% at 66 feet (20 m).
A severe fire in May 1968 killed all aboveground vegetation. Snowshoe hares completely avoided the severely burned area until April 1969 after quaking aspen and balsam poplar had established . Freshly burned clearcuts are poor snowshoe hare habitat; however, older brushy areas are desirable.
Snowshoe hares live in the coniferous and boreal forests of the Rocky Mountains, the Appalachian Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, New England, Alaska, Minnesota, Michigan, and Montana. Within the United States, most of these coniferous forests are found on mountaintops, such as the Rockies, or near the Canadian border.
