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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 .
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.
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.
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 80 continues north and leaves the Driftless Area before entering New Lisbon. North of New Lisbon it passes the junction with Interstate 90 / Interstate 94 (I-90/94). North of New Lisbon the highway passes through the center of Necedah , and the terrain is flat as it passes along the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge and enters Pittsville ...
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).
Here is a list of the largest National Wildlife Refuges in the United States.It includes all that are larger than 50,000 acres (200 km 2), but excludes those in U.S. territories (also officially in the system).
Thunderbird petroglyph at Twin Bluff. Before white settlement, before loggers and explorers, the area that is now Juneau County was the home of Native Americans who left behind artifacts like the thunderbirds etched on the wall at Twin Bluffs [3] and the Gee's Slough mounds outside New Lisbon.