Nature
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Southern Unit
The hills and valleys of Kettle Moraine South have a great variety of natural habitats, plants and animals, including many rare species. You may see or hear coyotes, red foxes, sandhill cranes and Cooper's hawks. The 3,500-acre Scuppernong River Habitat Area is the largest wet prairie east of the Mississippi River.
State Natural Areas
Nine State Natural Areas are in the forest:
- Bluff Creek — springs, fens, prairie, sedge meadow, forest and a stream
- Clifford F. Messinger Dry Prairie and Savanna Preserve — 16 separate units
- Clover Valley Fen
- Eagle Oak Opening
- Kettle Moraine Low Prairie
- Kettle Moraine Oak Opening
- Ottawa Lake Fen
- Scuppernong Prairie
- Young Prairie