Minnesota Seasons - Miller Prairie, East Unit


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	Overview
	Miller Prairie consists of two widely separated units. The small East Unit is 1.33 miles east as the crow flies, or a 3.37-mile drive south and east, from the much larger West Unit.

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	Complete		East Unit


	Size
	60 acres

	Parking
	Park on the north shoulder of the road near the southeast corner of the preserve. N45 45.580, W96 17.109


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					Traverse County
					Northwest Minnesota


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Prairie Parkland Province
	Ecological Section			Red River Valley
	Ecological Subsection			Red River Prairie
	Land Type Association			Anthony Lake Plain

	Native Plant Communities*
	Prairie Wetland Complex
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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Loretta Tuma 4/26/2026	My name is Loretta Tuma my father knew the Miller's, but I don't know how he knew them. We were from Buffalo MN. I now live in New Prague MN. I stayed at Miller's one time in the summer for a week. All of my children knew the millers. We went to visit many times, Hugo loved seeing the kids and always showed them around the farm. The sheep, cattle, pigs, sheering the sheep, driving the old cars, playing in the fields, going to look at the prairie and wagon tracks. Many stories about purchasing a gas station because gas prices were too high. Very humble people that we adored - all of them Hugo, Anne, Warren and Elvin. I visited Anne a few times while in the nursing home, and the last time we went, we found out she had passed away.

The sightings below include only species that were found on this unit but not on the West Unit.


Four bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen on at least one of the units of this SNA:
Endangered	Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus)
Special Concern	Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)


Two insect and arachnid species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen on at least one of the units of this SNA:
Endangered	Poweshiek Skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek)
Special Concern	Regal Fritillary (Argynnis idalia)


Two plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found on at least one of the units of this SNA:
Threatened	Sullivant’s milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii)
Special Concern	small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum)