Recreation

Sweeney Pond Wildlife Area

Sweeney Pond Wildlife Area is a 281-acre (40 owned, 241 easements) property in Barron County consisting of flowage, marsh, prairie and some upland forest. Find it by going west of Barron on Highway 8 for 4 miles. Turn south on 11th Street and go 1/…

Swan Lake Wildlife Area

Swan Lake Wildlife Area is a 2,466-acre property located one mile east of Portage off of Highway P in Columbia County. The property consists of approximately 2,000 acres of wetlands, 100 acres of grassland and 366 acres of wooded habitat.The Fox…

Straight Lake Wildlife Area

Straight Lake Wildlife Area is a 1,325-acre property located in Polk County. Straight Lake Wildlife Area and Straight Lake State Park are contiguous properties. Much of the Straight Lake Wildlife Area is upland and consists mostly of white and red…

Storrs Lake Wildlife Area

St. Croix Islands Wildlife Area

The St. Croix Islands Wildlife Area is a 1,082-acre property located in northwestern St. Croix County. This unique property includes numerous islands and wetland habitats of the St. Croix River, and the property contains the confluence of the…

Star Prairie Seed Farm Wildlife Area

Spring Creek Wildlife Area

Spring Creek Wildlife Area is a 1,000-acre property located eight miles southwest of Phillips in Price County. The diverse wildlife area includes four waterfowl flowages totaling 220 acres of water at full capacity as well as 261 acres of…

South Beaver Creek Wildlife Area

South Beaver Creek Wildlife Area is a 1,000-acre property located west of Melrose in western Jackson County. The property consists of upland hardwood forest with a large impoundment of water and some smaller scrapes. South Beaver Creek runs…

Sinnissippi Public Hunting Ground

Sinnissippi Public Hunting Ground is a 344-acre property located south of Horicon in Dodge County. The property consists of a diversity of mixed upland grass fields with hardwoods and a lake. During the fall hunting season, Sinissippi Public…

Silvernail Wildlife Area

Silvernail Wildlife Area is a 1,040-acre property located in the extreme north-central part of Rusk County. The property lies approximately 6 miles east of State Highway 27 at the Rusk/Sawyer county line. Primitive access (no roads) is possible from…