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An increase in awareness has caused a surge of visitors to Pewit's Nest, especially during the summer months. Due to overuse and abuse by visitors and several injuries to climbers and cliff jumpers, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, which owns the land and has designated it a State Natural Area, has closed the deep, narrow part of the gorge that became popular with swimmers and ...
The Wisconsin State Natural Areas Program is a conservation program created to highlight and protect areas with outstanding natural or archaeological resources in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. There are currently 687 State Natural Areas (SNAs) encompassing almost 400,000 acres (160,000 ha). [ 1 ]
The Pecatonica River is a tributary of the Rock River, 194 miles (312 km) long, [2] in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois in the United States.. The word Pecatonica is an anglicization of two Algonquian language words: Bekaa (or Pekaa in some dialects), which means "slow", and niba, which means "water", forming the conjunction Bekaaniba or "Slow Water".
137-acre nature preserve, outdoor education programs, plans for learning center [17] Ledge View Nature Center: Chilton: Calumet: Central Sands Prairie: 105 acres, operated by the County MacKenzie Center: Poynette: Columbia: Southern Savanna: 250 acres, includes logging and conservation museums, native Wisconsin wildlife, an observation tower ...
The national forest land trees and vegetation are part of the North Woods Ecoregion that prevails throughout the upper Great Lakes region. Legally two separate national forests—the Chequamegon National Forest and the Nicolet National Forest—the areas were established by presidential proclamations in 1933 and have been managed as one unit ...
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve is a 300-acre (1.2 km 2) nature reserve along 4 miles (6.4 km) of the southern shore of Lake Mendota. [1] The preserve's primary goals are to protect native plant and animal communities, as well as to uphold the campus's signature natural landscapes, all while providing an educational facility for the university.
The Lakeshore Nature Preserve's Picnic Point, hiking trails and small Lake Mendota beaches provide an easy-to-access natural oasis just steps from downtown Madison and the University of Wisconsin ...
The southern third, approximately 11,000 acres (45 km 2), is owned by the state of Wisconsin and forms the Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area, which was established as a nesting area for waterfowl and resting area for migratory birds. It is managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).