Showing posts with label Mississippi River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mississippi River. Show all posts
Friday, January 17, 2025

Naturalist’s Corner - Wild Rice in the Driftless

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This month's Naturalist's Corner explores the return of wild rice in the Driftless region. Many hikers along the Mississippi River h...
Thursday, March 7, 2024

Trempealeau Wildlife Refuge - Two Bottomlands Trail Hikes

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Beaver lodge on Oxbow Dike This huge wildlife refuge has a number of trails that are right down in the bottomlands and backwaters of the Mis...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

Trempealeau Wildlife Refuge (WI) - Two of the Dike Trails Hikes

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On Kiep's Landing Trail If you're looking for an incredible hike during the sloppy spring freeze/thaw cycle, you can't go wrong ...
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Sunday, November 26, 2023

I Spy on the Trails - Nov 16 - 30, 2023

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The past two weeks continued the long, slow stretch of fall weather with temps in the 40s and 50s. While rain was predicted here and there, ...
Monday, July 31, 2023

Where IS the Driftless?!?!

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The "driftless" is a rare unglaciated area primarily located in west central and southwestern Wisconsin along the east side of the...
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Friday, July 14, 2023

Great River Bluff State Park (MN) Hike

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Once known as O.L.Kipp State Park, the name was changed over 25 years ago to capitalize on this beautiful MN blufflands park.  The park cont...
Monday, June 19, 2023

Make a Hiking Visit to Frontenac State Park (MN)

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I wanted to do a special focus on MN's Frontenac State Park, north of Winona and a few miles south of Red Wing. I have only hiked a few ...
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Friday, June 9, 2023

Trempeleau Wildlife Refuge (WI) Hike

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If you're looking for a flat hike with a large bit of everything related to the Mississippi and Trempeleau  rivers, TWR is a great desti...
Monday, May 22, 2023

Rush Creek SNA (WI) Bluff - Guided Hike

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Fringed puccoon In the second hike I was on this year sponsored by the  WI Natural Resources Foundation  (the first was up by the Chippewa r...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Reno Spillway Hike (MN)

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The Mississippi River plays a big part of hiking in the Driftless region. It's surrounding bluffs provide great challenging bluffland hi...