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WHERE WOOLY MAMMOTHS ROAMED LONG AGO – HORICON MARSH!
Horicon Marsh is a 33,000 acre Wetland of International Importance and Globally Important Bird Area. The southern third (11,000 acres) is owned and operated by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as a State Wildlife Area. The northern two-thirds (22,000 acres) is owned and operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge.
The Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center is the gateway to the Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area and what is referred to as the great hunting grounds. A life-size Wooly Mammoth and pre-historic hunter will great you as you enter the property and set the stage for your experience.
New exhibits called the Explorium will further tell the amazing story of Horicon Marsh and the great hunting grounds. From the great glaciers that carved the basin, to Native American people that once hunted the large megafauna that roamed the marsh. European settlers then turned the marsh into a lake and wildlife was later devastated to overhunting in the 1850's-1900's. Ditching and draining efforts for farming further harmed the marsh before local conservationists led by Louis (Curly) Radke led the campaign to "Restore Horicon Marsh". After its restoration it is now an amazing resource for all to enjoy!
You will find this cache at N44 33.ABC W90 00.3DD
A = Louis Radke’s nickname has how many letters plus 1.
B = European settlers then turned the marsh into a lake and wildlife was later devastated to over hunting in the 1850's-1B00's.
C = Horicon Marsh is a C3,000 acre Wetland of International Importance and Globally Important Bird Area.
D = Horicon Marsh is a 33,0DD acre Wetland of International Importance and Globally Important Bird Area.