Chippewa and Swift Counties

1,383 acres

Map with GPS coordinates

Complete

North Unit

South Unit

N45 9.115, W96 0.046

None

No hunting

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Minnesota River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Clontarf Lake Plain
Milan Alluvial Plaiin

The Nature Conservancy

During a wet spring the prairie may be flooded.

Visit in early September for an unforgettable display of blazing star and goldenrod.

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Three bird species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Special concern – Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)

Minnesota River Valley Birding Trail

Two insect species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Special concern – Powesheik skipperling (Oarisma powesheik), regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia)

Two plant species with protected status and one tracked species are Minnesota are found here:

Special concern – flexile milkvetch (Astragalus flexuosus), small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum)

Tracked – Engelmann's spikerush (Eleocharis engelmannii)

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List

Plants frequently found in:

Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) UPs13d

Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a