Edward Velishek Memorial WMA

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	About

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	Minnesota DNR

	Overview


	History


	Management


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	Location

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	Size
	80.38 acres

	Parking
	There is a parking lot with a natural/grass surface on the west side of Le Sueur Ave. N44 21.045, W93 31.491


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					Le Sueur and Rice Counties
					Southwest and Southeast Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	There is a 0.42-mile DNR Management Road leading from Le Sueur Ave. at the southeast corner of the WMA to the restored/planted tall grass prairie at the northwest corner.

	Hunting
	Deer, Small Game, Pheasants, Waterfowl, Turkey. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Minnesota & NE Iowa
	Ecological Subsection			Big Woods
	Land Type Association			Cordova Moraine

	Native Plant Communities*
	Not mapped (10/22/2021)
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

	Natural Features

360° view

A treeless hilltop near the south boundary offers a spectacular 360° view of the entire WMA and surrounding area. The gps coordinates of this hilltop are N44 20.922, W93 31.869.

Restored Savannas

There is a restored oak savanna on the northern half at the middle of the WMA, and an ongoing savanna restoration at the northwest corner.


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	Parking lot


	WMA Sign


	Pond and seasonally flooded/saturated emergent wetland






	Grassland with sparse deciduous trees


	Restored oak savanna


	Ongoing oak savanna restoration


	DNR Management Road




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5/12/2020

The eastern boundary of Edward Velishek Memorial WMA abuts and partially straddles the Le Sueur/Rice County line. A narrow strip on the roadside, 6 feet wide at its widest point, arcs into Rice County. The remainder of the WMA is in Le Sueur County. All of the sightings below were in Le Sueur County.

Amphibians

American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata)

Birds

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis tabida)

Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)

swan (Cygnus spp.)

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

Fungi and Lichens

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Insects and Arachnids

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

oak rough bulletgall wasp (Disholcaspis quercusmamma)

red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

spring azure (Celastrina ladon)

Mammals

American beaver (Castor canadensis)

eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)

muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)

plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants


One plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Special Concern	rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium)