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Necedah National Wildlife Refuge is a 43,696-acre (176.83 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in northern Juneau County, Wisconsin near the village of Necedah. It was established in 1939 and is famous as the northern nesting site for reintroduction of an eastern United States population of the endangered whooping crane .
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge: Necedah: Juneau: Central Sands Prairie: 43,696-acre refuge, habitat for waterfowl and sandhill cranes, visitor center exhibits, programs Neustadter Nature Center at Collins Marsh: Collins: Manitowoc: Lake Michigan: 4,200 acre state wildlife area, facilities include a nature center open by appointment, a ...
Necedah / n ə ˈ s iː d ə / is a village in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 916 at the 2020 census . The village is located within the Town of Necedah .
WIS 21 passes through the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge during its 12-mile (19 km) stretch of straight route to Necedah. The highway crosses WIS 80 within Necedah and crosses the Wisconsin River at about three miles (4.8 km) east of the village.
It includes the cities of Wisconsin Rapids, Adams, and Nekoosa, and the villages of Biron, Camp Douglas, Friendship, Necedah, and Port Edwards. The district also contains Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Buckhorn State Park, Roche-a-Cri State Park, most of Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, and the eastern half of Mill Bluff State Park. [2]
As of 2022, there are 588 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States, [1] with the addition of the Green River National Wildlife Refuge. [2] Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance is located.
Sprague is located on Wisconsin Highway 80 and the Canadian National Railway 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north-northwest of the village of Necedah. [2] The community is likely named for John and Gleason Sprague, the owners and publishers of the Mauston Star newspaper in the late 19th century.
It is a State Natural Area since 1986. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] In addition to the Cranberry Creek Archeological District, Juneau County has two other related National Register of Historic Places : Gee's Slough Mound Group (ref: 78000108), which is also from the Woodland culture, and Lemonweir Glyphs (ref: 93001173).