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| NEW WETLAND CONSERVATION AREA |
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| PARKING REA ON COMPTON ROAD |
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| OLD BEAVER POND |
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| HEADWATERS OF THE NORTH BRANCH OF PIKE'S CREEK |
Friday, 9:30 AM. 56 degrees F at the ferry dock, 52 on the back porch. Wind NW, gusty at times. The sky is cloudy, the humidity 72%, the barometer is rising, now at 30.03". Highs today and tomorrow will be in the low 50's, with rain again by tomorrow evening.
Bayfield has a new conservancy area, managed by the Bayfield Regional Conserancy. Located on Valley Road north of Highland Valley Blueberry Farm, it protects 285 acres of the headlands of the North Branch of Pike's Creek, a trout stream with native reproducing brook trout and important for spawning trout and salmon migrating from Lake Superior.
Dominated by black ash, maple and aspen, it is excellent deer, bear, grouse, beaver and other wildlife habitat. It was purchased with funds from the State of Wisconsin, and private grants and contributions.
North Pike's Creek Wetlands Community Forest; just in time for fall.
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