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A safe environment for young bicyclists |
Nearby River sandbars to explore |
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A quiet place for the enjoyment of all ages...a place to sit and contemplate... |
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Placid sailing in the summer....(Photo credit: La Crosse Sailing Club) (click photo for more sailing images) |
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Summer swimmin' hole... |
Autumn canoe exploring... (Click photo for more canoeing images...) |
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Fall boating and waterfowl hunting... (click for more images) |
Iceboating in the winter... (click to enlarge) |
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Exploring sloughs and backwaters... (click to enlarge) |
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Nesting Eagles.... (about this image) (click to enlarge) |
Photography.... |
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Abundant wildlife.... (click to enlarge) |
Fishing.... (click for more fishing images) |
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Frogs are everywhere and their songs fill the nights... (click to enlarge) |
Archaeology....
Past cultures valued Brice Prairie as well. "A several hundred acre site on Brice Prairie likely represents the initial Oneota settlement in the 14th century in the La Crosse area" (Boszhardt 1994). "Shelltempered pottery decorated with parallel wavy or zig-zag lines typifies Oneota sites." (Tiffany 1982) (click pot for MVAC link) |
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About the "Prairies..."
Edge grass/wetland communities (click to enlarge) |
The area contains abundant "edge"
habitat where upland grasses and forbs intersect wetland areas.
"Explore Wisconsin:" "One of La Crosse County's natural treasures, the Midway Prairie offers visitors the chance to see the native plants and grasses of the great prairies that once swept from horizon to horizon across the entire Midwest. The prairie blooms for much of the summer with large daisies such as compass-plant, cup-plant, prairie sunflower and gray-headed coneflower. On or about the Labor Day weekend, the vanilla-scented orchid called Great Plain's Lady's-tresses bloom. Rare species such as the poppy mallow are also found on this prairie." |
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Contact: Fritz Funk (fritzf@alaska.net)
