Necedah National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife at Necedah. Center: water lily. Clockwise from top: whooping crane, tiger swallowtail butterfly, white tailed deer, canvasback duck, Blanding's Turtle, wild turkey, a Largemouth Bass, and a bald cypress swamp.

Necedah National Wildlife Refuge is a 43,696 acre National Wildlife Refuge located near Necedah, Wisconsin. It was established in 1939 and was an important site for reintroduction of the endangered whooping crane. Other threatened or rare species at the site include the Karner Blue butterfly, massasauga rattlesnake, Blanding's Turtle, and gray wolf. Refuge operations are largely funded through timber sales.

In most years the refuge is also an important stopover for migratory waterfowl on the Mississippi Flyway.

[edit] Refuge Facts

• The refuge has a 13 person staff and 150,000 visitors annually.
• located in the Great Central Wisconsin Swamp, the largest wetland bog in the state (7,800 square miles).
• Extensive forest habitat (pine, oak, aspen) and large tracts of rare oak barrens habitat.
• Provides hunting, fishing, blueberry, blackberry, and raspberry picking, and other resources to local residents, and encourages tourism.

[edit] External links

• Necedah National Wildlife Refuge

This article includes text from the U.S. Government FWS public domain website.