About • Location • Activities • Ecology
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Overview |
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History |
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This SNA was designated in February, 2012, on land purchased by the Minnesota DNR in 2011. |
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Management |
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Twenty-seven acres of this SNA are currently planted in corn. As funds become available, these acres will be converted to prairie. The 5½ acres of cropland at the south end of the SNA was expected to be converted to prairie in 2014 or 2015. |
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Activities |
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Hiking Trails |
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No maintained trails |
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Hunting |
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No hunting |
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Ecology |
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Ecological Classification |
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Ecological Province | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Ecological Section | Paleozoic Plateau |
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Ecological Subsection | Rochester Plateau |
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Land Type Association | HamptonTill Plain |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland |
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* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||||
Natural Features |
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Chimney Rock, a 30′ tall, 10′ wide tower of sandstone. |
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Well Used Site
A short, well-worn footpath leads from the road near the parking area, around the chimney rock, to a large rock outcropping. In 2012, when this site was designated an SNA, the area around the landmark was littered with empty beer cans and cigarette butts. That, plus numerous carvings in the soft rock, suggest that this was a locally favorite party site. The garbage has since been removed and that kind of usage has diminished significantly since the SNA designation. However, this remains a popular site. The site steward estimates that it gets about ten visits per week in the summer.
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