Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge

Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Vegetation
Map of the United States
Location	Buffalo, Trempealeau counties, Wisconsin, United States
Nearest city	Winona, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°03′00″N 91°34′00″W / 44.05000°N 91.56667°W / 44.05000; -91.56667Coordinates: 44°03′00″N 91°34′00″W / 44.05000°N 91.56667°W / 44.05000; -91.56667
Area	6,226 acres (25.20 km²)
Established	1936
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Trempealeau/

Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge is a 6,226-acre (25.20 km²)^[1] National Wildlife Refuge located along the Upper Mississippi River in extreme southern Buffalo County and extreme southwestern Trempealeau County in Wisconsin, USA.

It is in part a wetland, and is a significant element of the Mississippi Flyway. Consisting of backwaters away from the Mississippi and Trempealeau River. It is part of the Driftless Area, a portion of North American which remained ice free during the last ice age, creating in part the deep gorge of the Mississippi, quite visible from this refuge.

It is also a sand prairie, where "big bluestem, indiangrass, and switchgrass can reach heights of 8–9 feet (2.4–2.7 m)."^[2]

Images

Observation deck
Sign
Visitor Center
American Coot

References

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↑ http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=32578 "Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge", Fish and Wildlife Service, Retrieved July 15, 2007
↑ http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Trempealeau/ "A Prairie Wonderland", Fish and Wildlife Service, Retrieved July 15, 2007

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Protected areas of Wisconsin

Federal

National Park Service	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

National Forests	Chequamegon-Nicolet

National Wildlife Refuges	Driftless Area Fox River Gravel Island Green Bay Horicon Marsh Necedah Trempealeau Upper Mississippi River Whittlesey Creek

National Trails	Ice Age Trail Timms Hill Trail North Country Trail

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Lake Superior

National Wilderness System	Blackjack Springs Gaylord Nelson Headwaters Porcupine Lake Rainbow Lake Whisker Lake Wisconsin Islands

State

State Parks	Amnicon Falls Aztalan Belmont Mound Big Bay Big Foot Beach Blue Mound Brunet Island Buckhorn Capital Springs Copper Culture Copper Falls Council Grounds Devil's Lake Governor Dodge Governor Nelson Governor Thompson Harrington Beach Hartman Creek Heritage Hill High Cliff Interstate Kinnickinnic Kohler-Andrae Lake Kegonsa Lake Wissota Lakeshore Menominee River Merrick Mill Bluff Mirror Lake Natural Bridge Nelson Dewey New Glarus Woods Newport Pattison Peninsula Perrot Potawatomi Rib Mountain Roche-a-Cri Rock Island Rocky Arbor Straight Lake Tower Hill Whitefish Dunes Wildcat Mountain Willow River Wyalusing Yellowstone Lake

State Natural Areas	Abraham's Woods Bayshore Blufflands Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie Black Tern Bog Dells of the Wisconsin River Dorothy Lake Dunnville Barrens Gibraltar Rock Grandma Lake Kangaroo Lake Moquah Barrens Parfrey's Glen Pewits Nest Rush River Delta Spread Eagle Barrens Spruce Lake Bog Twin Lakes Bog Two Creeks Buried Forest Wind Pudding

State Recreation Areas	Browntown-Cadiz Springs Chippewa Moraine Fischer Creek Hoffman Hills Menominee River Richard Bong

State Forests	Black River Brule River Coulee Experimental Flambeau River Governor Knowles Havenwoods Kettle Moraine - Lapham Peak Unit Kettle Moraine - Loew Lake Unit Kettle Moraine - Northern & Southern Units Kettle Moraine - Pike Lake Unit Northern Highland-American Legion Peshtigo River Point Beach

State Wildlife Areas	Buena Vista Marsh Crex Meadows Dewey Marsh Horicon Marsh Mead

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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