Bluestem Prairie Additions
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These two tracts were acquired through funding provided by the state of Minnesota’s Outdoor Heritage Fund. The fund was created on November 4, 2008, as part of the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment to the Minnesota constitution, and is funded by the state sales tax. The east tract was acquired on 9/1/2011, the west tract on 5/4/2012. Both tracts are adjacent to the Northeast Unit of Bluestem Prairie Preserve. The east tract connects Bluestem Prairie to Margherita Preserve-Audubon Prairie. |
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Size |
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East Addition: 97 acres West Addition: 160.43 acres |
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East Addition To get to the east addition from 70th St. S. turn north on 180th St. S. At 0.7 miles, where the road bears right (east), continue straight (north) 0.3 miles to the southwest corner of the addition. If the “road” is still visible on the ground at this point it continues north 2 miles to 40th Ave. S. West Addition Closest access to the west addition may be from 60th Ave. S. Where the gravel road turns north on 157th St. S., continue east on a two-track minimum maintenance road 1¼ miles to the northwest corner of the west tract. If the “road” is still visible on the ground at this point, it may continue east to a pond near the east boundary of this addition. |
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Hiking Trails |
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No maintained trails |
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Hunting |
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All hunting. |
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Ecology |
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Ecological Classification |
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| Ecological Province | Prairie Parkland Province |
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| Ecological Section | Red River Valley |
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| Ecological Subsection | Red River Prairie |
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| Land Type Association | Barnesville Beach Complex |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Agassiz Beach Ridge Complex Mesic Prairie (Northern) Prairie Mixed Cattail Marsh |
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| * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||||
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These tracts protect habitat that may be used by Greater Prairie-chicken, a Minnesota special concern species, and may host western prairie fringed orchid, a Minnesota threatened species.
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