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In 1946, the state of Wisconsin bought 12,000 acres (49 km 2) of the tax delinquent land in order to start the Crex Meadows Wildlife Area. [2] It would eventually reach 30,000 acres (120 km 2 ) in size, with 2,400 acres (9.7 km 2 ) of that a state wildlife refuge. [ 1 ]
There are over 15,000 lakes in Wisconsin. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. Excluding Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, Lake Winnebago is the largest lake by area, largest by volume and the lake with the longest shoreline. The deepest lake is Wazee Lake, at 350 feet (107 meters). The deepest natural lake is Green Lake, at
Newport State Park is a 2,373-acre (960 ha) Wisconsin state park at the tip of Door Peninsula near Europe Lake. Protecting 11 miles (18 km) of shoreline on Lake Michigan, Newport is Wisconsin's only wilderness-designated state park. The park is open year-round [2] and can be accessed via WIS 42.
High Cliff State Park is a 1,187-acre (480 ha) Wisconsin state park near Sherwood, Wisconsin.It is the only state-owned recreation area located on Lake Winnebago. [2] The park got its name from cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, a land formation east of the shore of Lake Winnebago that stretches north through northeast Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and Ontario to Niagara Falls and New York State.
The Wisconsin State Natural Areas Program is a conservation program created to highlight and protect areas with outstanding natural or archaeological resources in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. There are currently 687 State Natural Areas (SNAs) encompassing almost 400,000 acres (160,000 ha). [ 1 ]
The moose was first spotted crossing the border from northwestern Iowa, very far south for the species, to Minnesota in October before making its way up the state north.
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Here it comes: The last supermoon of 2024! November ends the four-month supermoon streak that started in August.. November's full moon will appear bigger and brighter than other full moons, since ...