Wright County

1,475 acres

Minnesota DNR Summer Map

N45 19.075, W93 56.150

14 miles
1.5 mile interpretive

No hunting

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

Anoka Sand Plain
Big Woods

Land Type Association(s)

Minnesota DNR

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Among the birds seen here, along with those listed below, are Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Common Loon (Gavia immer), Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), Eastern Screech Owl (Otus asio), Franklin’s Gull (Larus pipixcan), Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Great Egret (Ardea alba), Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus), Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), and Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca).

Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

The park hosts a large diversity of mammal species including, along with those listed below, American mink (Neovison vison), Mearns’ cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus mearnsi), fisher (Martes pennanti), muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis), whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus), and woodchuck (Marmota monax).

One reptile species with protected status in Minnesota is found here:

Threatened – Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)