Location: Shawano County
Area protected: 12 acres
Protection strategy: conservation easement
This site is typical of the Northern Mesic Forest. It is heavily wooded and contains rich, well drained soil that contributes to the large diversity of tree species on the property. While 75% of the property is wooded, the remaining 25% is wetland and is an ideal habitat for aquatic species. The recent removal of the Hayman Falls Dam has created a floodplain along this stretch of the river in which a wetland prairie is being restored.
A quiet paddle along this undeveloped shoreline may reveal some of these species that call this place home:
- salamander mussel - threatened
- snuffbox mussel - endangered
- slippershell mussel - threatened
- wild licorice
- gray fox
- osprey
- bald eagle
- great egret