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The Necedah National Wildlife Refuge provides varied habitats including oak savanna, sedge meadows, grasslands, and oak and pine forests.
The 43,696-acre refuge is located in what was formerly Glacial Lake Wisconsin. Known by settlers as the Great Central Wisconsin Swamp, Necedah boasts the largest wetland-bog area of the state, measuring 7,800 acres.
Many rare species make their home at Necedah including endangered Karner blue butterflies and Blanding's turtle, state threatened massasauga rattlesnakes and black terns. Other more common species include bald eagles, sandhill cranes, wild turkeys, songbirds and several types of waterfowl.
An added attraction at the refuge is wild blueberry picking. Blueberry season is July 1-Aug. 15.
The Necedah refuge is also hosting a program to train endangered whooping cranes. The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership is working with refuge staff to re-establish a migrating flock of the rare birds here.
The Necedah Whooping Crane Festival, which provides a variety of educational programs and exhibits about the bird, is the third Saturday of September.
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The eastern bluebird makes its home on this refuge.
View an endangered whooping crane at the refuge.
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