Recreation

White River Marsh Wildlife Area

Whalen Creek Fish and Wildlife Area

Whalen Creek Fish and Wildlife Area is a 188-acre property located in central Washburn County, 1.5 miles north of Whalen Lake. Access can be found at the end of Jacobson Road or off the west side of Lakeside Road, 4 miles north of Trego. The…

West Taylor Wildlife Area

West Taylor Wildlife Area is a 177-acre property located southwest of Taylor in western Jackson County. Access points can be found along Rabbit Run Road and Hamilton Road. Take Highway 95 to River Road, which turns into Rabbit Run.

Weirgor Springs Wildlife Area

Waunakee Marsh Wildlife Area

Waunakee Marsh Wildlife Area is a 470-acre property consisting of approximately 40 acres of hardwood upland forest, 25 acres of upland warm season grassland and 400 acres of marsh dominated by cattail with some areas of sedge meadow. Waunakee…

Waterloo Wildlife Area

Waterloo Wildlife Area is a property of approximately 4,000 acres with a diverse range of habitat types. These habitat types include open water marsh, sedge meadow, fens (including a state natural area), lowland and upland hardwoods, some native…

Washington Creek Wildlife Area

Washington Creek Wildlife Area is a 515-acre property, including approximately 230 acres of flowage and associated wetland, located in south-central Rusk County, approximately 9 miles south of Bruce. From County Highway D near the…

Vosse Coulee Wildlife Area

Vosse Coulee Wildlife Area is a 123-acre property in Trempealeau County. Find it 2 miles southwest of Blair on both sides of State Highway 95. The property consists of hardwood forest and marsh. For more information on master planning for this…

Wildlife management volunteer opportunities

Monarch butterfly at Patrick Marsh in Dane County after restoring to the native prairie wi

Vernon Wildlife Area