Prairies

The Wisconsin DNR has restored about 1,000 acres of prairie on the Navarino Wildlife Area. The DNR prescribe burn about 500 acres of marsh and prairie fields a year. This prescribed burning returns nutrients to the soil, as well as setting the area back in succession, by helping to keep trees out.

Big Bluestem prairie – just east of the nature center

Wild Lupine

Cup plant

Prairie programs offer students and adults a chance to walk or ride through a sea of grass, just like the settlers. Observe and identifying some of the native grasses and wildlife in our prairie habitat. Each August NNC offers a Prairie Tour looking at the different types of plants, see the Activities & Events for times for the tour. Stops are scheduled in each prairie so you can get out and observe some of the prairie species, with lunch back along the way.

For more information about the Prairie Tour call 715-758-6999.