Location: Shawano County

Area Protected: 65 acres

Protection Strategy:Conservation Easement

This conservancy protects 1,788 feet of undeveloped shoreline along Kroenke Creek, a Class 2 trout stream which provides a rich riparian habitat for fish, amphibians, and reptiles. The 65 acres of Northern Mesic forest along the stream’s steeply sloped banks is dominated by coniferous trees and offers a diverse habitat for a large array of wildlife including deer, turkey, and pileated woodpeckers. Less than 300' from the confluence with the Red River, this conservancy provides habitat for neo-tropical song birds.

Trees:

• beech
• white pine
• red oak
• hemlock
• paper birch
• black cherry
• balsam fir
• ironwood (blue beech)
• yellow birch
• sugar maple
• red pine

Shrubs: 

• elderberry

Flowers:

• white violet
• yellow violet
• anemone
• nodding trillium
• white trillium
• Canada mayflower
• mayapple
• Solomon’s plume
• blood Root
• round-leaf hepatica
• star flower
• jack-in-the pulpit
• buttercup
• geranium
• gaywings
• skunk cabbage
• wild oats
• bellwort

Ferns: 

• ostrich fern
• maidenhair fern
• sensitive fern