Black Rush Lake WPA

 

 

     
 
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Location
 
 

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Size

 
 

964 acres

 
         
 

Parking

 
 

North parking area (parking area #1)
N44 20.430, W95 53.843

Southeast parking area (parking area #2)
N44 19.831, W95 53.838

Southwest parking area (parking area #3)
N44 19.613, W95 54.733

 
         
 

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          Lyon County  
          Southwest Minnesota  
     
 
Activities
 
 

Hiking Trails

 
 

No maintained trails

 
     
 

Hunting

 
 

 

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification  
  Ecological Province    

Prairie Parkland Province

   
  Ecological Section    

North Central Glaciated Plains

   
  Ecological Subsection    

Coteau Moraines

   
  Land Type Association    

Slayton Moraine
Tracey Till Plain

   
             
 

Native Plant Communities*

   
 

Not mapped (5/28/2021)

   
  * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources      
         
 

Natural Features

     
 

Marsh, upland prairie

 

 

 

 

 

           
 
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North parking area (parking area #1)

 
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Southeast parking area (parking area #2)

 
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Southwest parking area (parking area #3)

 
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Marsh

 
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Shallow Lake

 
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Visits

9/14/2010                
 
 

Birds

 
 

Four bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Special Concern

Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)

Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)

 
 

eBird Field Checklist

Waxwing Eco Tourism and Birding

 
 

American Coot (Fulica americana)

Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)

Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

  American Coot  

 

 

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