North Unit
About • Location • Activities • Ecology
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Ownership |
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Overview |
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History |
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Management |
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Parts of the site were disked and seeded in 2014. |
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Comments |
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Location |
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Maps |
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Printable Map(s) with GPS coordinates |
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Size |
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1,628.27 acres |
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Parking |
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There is a parking area on the south side of 110th Ave. 600 yards west of 360th St. N47 9.951, W96 18.509 |
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Driving Directions |
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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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Deer, Small Game, Forest Upland Birds, Waterfowl. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details. |
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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 Interbeach Prairie Complex Basin Meadow/Carr Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Prairie) Mesic Prairie (Northern) Northwestern Wet-Mesic Aspen Woodland Prairie Meadow/Carr Sedge Meadow: Beaked Sedge Subtype Seepage Meadow/Carr Wet Prairie (Northern) Wet Saline Prairie (Northern) Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp |
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* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||||
Natural Features |
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Waterproof footwear recommended
The recently acquired eastern section contains mesic prairie. The remainder of the site is mostly wet prairie. Visitors should expect “extremely wet conditions in June.”
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