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°WCoordinates: 44°03′00″N 91°34′00″W / 44.05000°N 91.56667°W
Area	6,226 acres (25.20 km^2)
Established	1936
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Trempealeau National Wildife Refuge

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, United States.

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

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  Observation deck
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  Sign
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  Visitor Center
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  American Coot

References

1. http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=32578 "Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge", Fish and Wildlife Service, Retrieved July 15, 2007
2. 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.

External links

• Media related to Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge at Wikimedia Commons
• Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge