Wisconsin Northern Woods Birding Trail Sites

About the Masthead Photo: These young Trumpeter Swans at Crex Meadows are among the most endangered of waterfowl, but due to reintroduction efforts throughout the U.S., including Ottawa NWR in Ohio, these birds are now recovering throughout their range.

In 2002, a total of 52 nesting pairs occurred in 14 Wisconsin counties, including 32 nests in Burnett and Polk counties. Wisconsin's resident Turmpeter flock now numbers more than 300 birds.

Sites under consideration

Ahnapee River, Algoma
Ahnapee State Trail, Algoma
Algoma Harbor Walk, Algoma
Almon Bog Park Trails / Buck Lake, Rhinelander
Amnicon State Park, Poplar
Amsterdam Sloughs Wildlife Area, Siren
Anvil Trail, Eagle River
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Bayfield
Apostle Islands Sandscapes State Natural Area, Bayfield
Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve, Suamico
Bark Bay Slough State Natural Area, Herbster
Bauer Brockway Barrens, Black River Falls
Bauer Brockway Barrens, Black River Falls
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, Green Bay
Bear Lake Sedge Meadow State Natural Area, Haugen
Bearskin Trail, Woodruff
Bearskin Trail State Park, Minocqua
Beaver Brook Wildlife Area, Spoone
Belden Swamp State Natural Area, Moose Junction
Big Bay State Park, Bayfield
Big Eau Pleine County Park, near Mosinee
Big Eau Pleine Reservior, near Mosinee
Big Island Park, Danbury
Big Sioux River Fishery Area, Washburn
Bitzke Birdwalk, Wausau
Bluegill Bay County Park, Wausau
Bogus Swamp State Natural Area, Summit Lake
Brule River State Forest, Brule
Brunet Island State Park, Cornell
Buena Vista Grasslands State Wildlife Area, Kellner
"Buzz" Besadny Wildlife Refuge, Kewaunee
Camp 9 Pines, Drummond
Canadian National Railroad Trail, Kewaunee
Carson Park/Half Moon Lake, Eau Claire
Cathedral Pines, Oconto
Catherine Wolter Wilderness Area, Presque Isle
Cedarama Park, Menomonie, WI
Chequamegon Forest: Day Lake, Clam Lake
Chequamegon Hardwoods State Natural Area, Mellen
Chequamegon National Forest: Popple Creek-Wilson Flowage, Fifield
Chequamegon Waters Flowage, Medford
Cherokee County Park, Abbotsford
Chief River Wildlife Area, Hayward
Chippewa Falls Area Visitors Center, Chippewa Falls
Chippewa Flowage, Hayward
Chippewa Moraine Ice Age National Scientific Unit, New Auburn
Chippewa River State Trail/ Red Cedar State Trail, Durand, Eau Claire & Menomonie
Cofrin Memorial Arboretum, Green Bay
Cook Arboretum, Janesville
Comstock Bog State Natural Area, Berlin
Copper Falls State Park, Mellen
Council Grounds State Park, Merrill
Crex Meadows Wildlife Area, Grantsburg
D.C. Everest County Park, Wausau
Dalles of the St. Croix River State Natural Area, St. Croix Falls
Dells of the Eau Claire County Park, Wausau
Dells Pond/Riverview & Mt. Simon Parks, Eau Claire
Diamond Roof Road, Townsend
Dike 17, Black River Falls
DNR Fish Hatchery, Woodruff
Douglas County Wildlife Area, Solon Springs
Drummond Woods, Drummond, WI
Dwight's Point & Plkegama Wetlands State Natural Area, Superior
Eagle Overlook, Prairie du Sac
Eau Claire Area Visitors Center, Eau Claire
Eau Galle Lake, Woodville
Ed's Lake National Recreation Trail, Wabeno
Fallison Lake Nature Trail, Boulder Junction
Fenley State Recretion Area, Fitchburg
Fern Island Park, Wausau
Fish Creek Slough, Ashland
Fish Creek Sloughs Fishery Area, Ashland
Fish Lake Wildlife Area, Grantsburg
Flag River Wildlife Area, Port Wing
Forest Lodge Nature Trail, Cable
Fox Maple Woods State Natural Area, Florence
Franklin and Butternut Lakes Area, Eagle River
Freedom Park (National Scenic Byway Learning Center), Prescott
Frog Lake and Pines State Natural Area, Manitowish
George W. Mead Wildlife Area, Milladore
Germania Marsh Wildlife Area, Berlin
Giant White Pine Grove State Natural Area, Three Lakes
Goose Island Campground, Stoddard
Goose Pond Sanctuary, Arlington
Gordon Dam Park, Gordon
Governor Knowles State Forest/Brant Brook Pines State Natural Area, Grantsburg
Grand River Marsh Wildlife Area, Berlin
Havenwoods State Forest, Milwaukee
Hay Creek - Hoffman Lake Wildlife Area, Park Falls
Hay Meadow Creek, Philips
Headwaters Wilderness Area, Three Lakes
Hemlock Creek Segment / Ice Age Trail, Birchwood
Hiawatha Trail, Tomahawk
High Cliff State Park, Sherwoood
Hixon Forest & Nature Center, LaCrosse
Hunt Hill Audubon Nature Center & Sanctuary, Sarona
Ice Age Trail, Milwaukee
International Crane Foundation, Baraboo
Interstate Lowland Forest State Natural Area, St. Croix Falls
Interstate Park, St. Croix Falls
Irving Park, Chippewa Falls
Iverson Park, Stevens Point
Jules Iverson Memorial City Park, Stevens Point
Kettle Moraine State Forest - Northern Unit, Campbellsport
Kewaunee Marshland Walk, Kewaunee
Kewaunee River, Kewaunee
Kickapoo Valley Reserve, LaFarge
Kidrick Swamp, Westboro
Kiezer Wildlife Area, Webster
Killsnake Wildlife Area, Chilton
Kissick Alkaline Bog Lake State Natural Area, Hayward
Kohler-Peet Barrens and Cedar Swamp State Natural Area, Grantsburg
Krueger Pines State Natural Area, Merill
LaCrosse River State Trail/Wildcat Mt.State Park,Ontario
Lake Evelyn State Natural Area, Mercer
Lake Wissota State Park, Chippewa Falls
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wasau
Little Turtle Flowage Wildlife Area, Mercer
Lost Lake, Florence
Love Creek Fishery Area - Ridgeway
Lumberjack & Escanaba Trails, Boulder Junction
Lynch Creek Wildlife Viewing Area, Clam Lake
MacKenzie Environmental Education Center, Poynette
Marengo Overlook, Grand View
Marsh Haven Nature Center, Waupun
McCaslin Mountain State Natural Area, Wabeno
McClintock County Park in Marinette County, Dunbar
McKenzie Creek Wildlife Area, Clam Falls
Memorial Grove Hemlocks State Natural Area, Fifield
Mineral Lake, Mellen, WI
Mondeaux Dam Recreation Area, Medford
Moose Lake State Natural Area, Mercer
Moquah Barrens Wildlife Area, Iron River
Mountain-Bay State Trail, Weston
Munninghoff Marsh, WI River Rice Beds, Rhinelander
Namekagon Barren Wildlife Area, Spooner
Namekagon Nature Trail, Drummond
Navarino State Wildlife Area, Shiocton
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, Necedah
Nine-Mile County Forest, Wausau
Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center, Coon Valley
Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, Ashland
Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest, Boulder Junction
North Lakeland Discovery Center, Manitowish Waters
Nugget Lake Co. Park, Plum City
Patterson Hemlocks State Natural Area, Woodruff
Pattison State Park, Superior
Peninsula State Park, Fish Creek
Pershing State Wildlife Area, Gilman
Phil Sander Audubon Sanctuary, Kenosha
Pine Lake, Hiles
Point Beach State Forest, Two Rivers
Port Wing Boreal Forest, Port Wing
Powell Marsh Wildlife Area, Manitowash Waters
Radtke Point Park, Schofield
Raven Nature Trail, Woodruff
Retzer Nature Center, Waukesha
Rib Mountain State Park, Wausau
Rice Lake State Natural Area, Three Lakes
Richard A. Hemp Fisheries Area, Nelsonville
Richard Bong State Recreation Area, Kansasville
Ridges Sanctuary, Baileys Harbor
Rieck's Lake Park, Alma
Riley Lake Wildlife Management Area, Fifield
Riverside Park - LaCrosse
Rock Lake Trail, Cable
Sand Creek Fisheries Area, Brashaw
Sandhill Wildlife Area, Babcock, WI
Sawyer Creek Fisheries Area, Spooner
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, Milwaukee
Schmeeckle Reserve, Stevens Point
Scott Lake-Shelp Lake State Natural Area, Three Lakes
Solon Springs Sharptail Barrens State Natural Area, Solon Springs
Spread Eagle Barrens, Florence
Squaw Creek, Pike Lake Area, Springstead
Squaw Creek Wetland Habitat Area, Park Falls
Sylvan Hill Park, Wausau
Three Lakes Marsh, Abbotsford
Thunder Lake Wildlife Area, Three Lakes
Tiffany Wildlife Area, Nelson
Totagatic Lake Wildlife Area, Cable
Totagatic Lake Wildlife Area, Hayward
Tranus Lake Stae Natural Area, Springbrook
Treehaven Environmental Learning Center, Tomahawk
Trempeauleau National Wildlife Refuge, Trempeauleau
Tula Lake State Natural Area, Frederic
Turtle - Flambeau Flowage, Mercer
Underwood Wildlife Area, Mercer
University of Wisconsin Arboretum, Madison
Upper Brule River State Natural Area, Solon Springs
Wabikon & Riley Lakes, Laona
Waterfowl & Mississippi Viewing Platform, La Crosse
Weborg Point at Peninsula State Park, Fish Creek
Whisker Lake Wilderness, Florence
White River Marsh Wildlife Area, Berlin
Whitefish Dunes State Park, Sturgeon Bay
Wildcat Mountain State Park, Ontario
Willow Flowage, Hazelhurst
Wisconsin Point, Superior
Wisconsin River Urban Area, Stevens Point
WisDOT Bina Wetland Mitigation Bank, Ackley
Woodland Dunes Nature Center, Manitowoc
Woske Bay Area Park, Menomonie
Wyalusing State Park, Bagley
Yellow River Ice-walled Lake Plain, Perkinstown
York Park, Amery

Please click here to see how to nominate a site. The Northern Woods Birding Trail will include sites from the following 18 northern Wisconsin counties: Asland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Florence, Forest, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Polk, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Vilas and Washburn.

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