Nature reserves in Wisconsin
Land set aside and kept that way — refuges, game lands and wilderness, each held by somebody who says so on the record.
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671 nature reserves are published in Wisconsin. The list below holds the 363 best-documented.
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish RefugeBuilt 1924-06-24
- Two Creeks Buried Forest State Natural Area
- Wildcat Mountain State Park
- Headwaters Wilderness - Headwaters Of The Pine Unit
- Yellowstone Lake State Park
- Roche-A-Cri State Park
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish RefugeBuilt 1924-06-24
- Gobler Lake State Natural Area
- Empire Prairies State Natural Area - Hagen Prairie Unit
- Tower Hill State Park
- Foulds Creek State Natural Area
- Big Foot Beach State Park
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish RefugeBuilt 1924-06-24
- Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area
- Hartman Creek State Park
- Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area
- Merrick State Park
- Lakeshore State Park
- Dells Of The Wisconsin River
- Headwaters Wilderness - Kimball Creek Unit
- Deansville Wildlife Area
- Blue Mound State Park
- Governor Thompson State Park
- Grassy Lake Wildlife Area
- Headwaters Wilderness - Shelp Lake Unit
- Little Rice Wildlife Area
- Belmont Mound State Park
- Rib Mountain State Park
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish RefugeBuilt 1924-06-24
- Governor Dodge State Park
- Richard Bong State Recreation Area
- Straight Lake State Park
- Cross Plains State Park
- Saint Croix State ParkNational Register
- Lion's Den Gorge Nature Preserve
- Nelson Dewey State Park
- Perrot State Park
- Cherney Maribel Caves County Park
- Harrington Beach State Park
- Rice Lake State Natural Area
- Natural Bridge State Park
- New Glarus Woods State Park
- Allequash Lake And Pines State Natural Area
- Capital Springs State Park
- Red Cedar Lake State Natural Area
- Robert O Cook Memorial Arboretum
- Festge County Park
- Brigham County Park
- Young Prairie State Natural Area
- McGilvra Woods State Natural Area
- Martin's Woods State Natural Area
- Cady's Marsh State Natural Area
- Kettle Moraine State Forest-Mukwonago River Unit
- Silver Lake Bog State Natural Area
- Owen Conservation Park
- Holtz Island
- Johnson Hill Kame State Natural Area
- Scuppernong Prairie State Natural Area
- Devil's Punchbowl
- Cedar Grove Hawk Research Station State Natural Area
- Indian Lake County Park
- Peat Lake State Natural Area
- Kettle Moraine State Forest- Pike Lake Unit
- Lib Cross Island
- Avon Bottoms Wildlife Area
- Stewart Park
- Chimney Rock State Wetlands Area
- Ableman's Gorge State Natural Area
- Karcher Springs State Natural Area
- Kettle Moraine Low Prairie State Natural Area
- Otsego Marsh
- Fountain Square Nature Area
- Three Springs Nature Preserve
- Lilly Lane Nature Preserve
- Lima Marsh Wildlife Area
- Dorothy Carnes Park East
- Frederic School Forest
- Kissick Swamp Wildlife Area
- Sugar River Wildlife Area - Basco Unit
- Mayhew Preserve
- Prairie Flats North Waterfowl Production Area
- State of Wisconsin Lands
- Pewits Nest State Natural Area
- Forest Park
- Farmington Waterfowl Production Area
- Clover Valley Fen State Natural AreaBuilt 1987
- Peninsula Center Natural Area
- School District of Westfield School Forest
- Schumacher Farm County Park
- Detroit Harbor Nature Preserve
- Lodi Marsh State Wildlife Area
- Harlan Hills Prairie
- State Ice Age Trail Area
- White River Fishery Area
- Pine Creek Fishery Area
- Pebble Brook Natural Area
- Dobb's Landing
- Lower Chippewa River SNA—TNC Addition
- Mirror Lake Pine-Oak Forest State Natural Area
- Quarry Ridge Recreation Area
- Kangaroo Lake Nature Preserve
- Paradise Springs Nature Trail
- Jefferson Tamarack Swamp State Natural Area
- Oak Road Nature Preserve
- Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Wildlife Observation Area
- S.B. Andersen Memorial Preserve
- Badfish Creek Wildlife Area
- Battle Island
- Wilderness Ridge State Natural Area
- Adiantum Woods State Natural Area
- Platteville Mound Park
- Richter Community Forest Preserve
- Shoveler Sink Wildlife Production Area
- Mount Vernon Creek Fishery Area
- Oakfield Ledge State Natural Area
- George Sorenson Natural Area at Hartford Lake
- Lower Narrows State Natural Area
- White Mound Park
- Oakfield Ledge State Natural Area
- Lulu Lake State Natural Area
- Faville Prairie State Natural Area
- Smith Drumlin Prairie State Natural Area
- Devil's Lake Oak Forest State Natural Area
- Pokegama Carnegie Wetlands State Natural Area
- Scheidegger Forest
- Danky-Schleshorn Prairie
- South Oak Preserve
- Alden Waterfowl Production Area
- Bohn Lake State Ice Age Trail Area
- Pickerel Lake State Natural Area
- Rock Falls Wildlife Area
- Summerton Bog State Natural Area
- Red Cliff Fish Hatchery
- Moraine Kettles Preserve
- Becker Waterfowl Production Area
- Lawrence Lake State Natural Area
- Hauge Historic District Park
- Bjornson Education & Recreation Center
- Gobler Lake State Natural Area
- MacKenzie Center
- Three Springs Nature Preserve
- Blackhawk Island State Natural Area
- Hermansen Woods
- Frederic Tower Site
- West Kettle Nature Area
- Lautenbach Woods Nature Preserve
- Glacial Passage Area
- Houghdahl South Waterfowl Production Area
- Pavczek Preserve
- Aurora Lake State Natural Area
- Rawson Park
- Ephraim Preserve at Anderson Pond
- South Shore Road Park
- Flora Spring Pond State Natural Area
- Silver Lake County Park
- Bruce B. Purdy Nature Preserve
- Ice Age Trail Junction Area
- Weirgor Springs State Wildlife Area
- Ice Age Reserve Wildlife Area
- Liebetrau Prairie
- Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve
- MacLaurin Woods
- Lodde's Mill Bluff State Natural AreaBuilt 1967
- East Bluff State Natural Area
- Mammoth's Back Preserve
- Phil's Woods Natural Resource Area
- Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie State Natural Area
- Lakeshore Nature Preserve
- Heins Creek Nature Preserve
- Busse Prairie Preserve
- Bloch Oxbow & Pines Primeval State Natural Area
- Hortonville Bog State Natural Area
- Cylon Marsh Wildlife Area
- Wonewoc-Center School Forest
- Bluestem Park
- Ice Age Trail Junction Area
- Flambeau Wetlands State Natural Area
- Walking Iron County Wildlife Area
- Lee-Kay Educational County Forest
- Abraham's Woods State Natural Area
- Saxine Creek Habitat Area
- Richard J Drum Memorial Forest
- Dorn Creek State Fishery Area
- Wild River State Park
- Eddy Creek Fishery Area
- Totagatic Lake Wildlife Area
- Eagle Oak Opening State Natural Area
- Cudahy Nature Preserve
- Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve
- Six Mile Creek State Fishery Area
- Avon Bottoms State Natural Area
- Hartje Center
- Menomonie Town Forest
- Pine Cliff State Natural Area
- Riverbend Conservancy
- REM Castle Rock Creek
- Five-Mile Bluff Prairie State Natural Area
- Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Nature Preserve
- Renak-Polak Maple-Beech Woods State Natural Area
- Fern Dell Gorge State Natural Area
- Lily Springs State Fishery Area
- River Forest Nature Preserve
- Ridgeway Pine Relict State Natural Area
- Dane County Wildlife Area
- Heins Creek Nature Preserve
- Hoosier Creek Habitat Area
- Point Beach Ridges State Natural Area
- Domer-Neff Nature Preserve and Bird Sanctuary
- Moonlight Bay Bedrock Beach State Natural Area
- Bitzke Waterfowl Refuge
- Baraboo River Waterfowl Production Area
- Kettle Moraine Oak Opening State Natural AreaBuilt 1991
- Scotch Creek Woodland Preserve
- Willow Bay Nature Preserve
- Schmeeckle Reserve
- Standing Cedars Community Land Conservancy-Tewksbury
- Beyl Waterfowl Production Area
- Hemlock County Park
- Door Bluff Headlands County Park
- Lautenbach Woods Nature Preserve
- Carver Roehl Park
- Barneveld Prairie
- White Cliff Nature Preserve
- Moely Prairie
- Shoreland Nature Preserve
- Holmes Preserve
- Oconomowoc River Conservancy
- Casaloma Conservancy
- Germain Hemlocks State Natural Area
- Little Lake Nature Preserve
- Bass Lake Preserve State Natural Area
- Wilderness Park
- Swenson Wet Prairie State Natural Area
- Eureka Maple Woods State Natural Area
- Thomson Memorial Prairie
- Alta Springs Fishery Area
- Wisconsin Slough State Natural Area
- Snapper Prairie State Natural Area
- Token Creek Natural Resource Area
- Duck Creek Public Hunting Grounds
- Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve
- Hallie Marsh Wildlife Area
- Spring Lake State Public Hunting and Fishing Area
- Ithaca School Forest
- Long Island
- Forbes Springs State Natural Area
- Mud Lake-Radley Creek Savanna State Natural Area
- Kobernick Waterfowl Production Area
- Dorothy Carnes Park West
- Rock Creek Waterfowl Production Area
- Dr. J.S. Garman Nature Preserve
- Baileys Harbor Swamp State Natural Area
- Highway K Woods State Natural Area
- Big And Little Marsh State Natural Area
- Scout Park
- Rib Lake School Forest
- Mud Lake Wildlife Area
- Angel Bluff
- Augusta Wildlife Area
- Ice Age Trail Junction Area
- Cedarburg Beech Woods State Natural Area
- Shaky Lake State Natural Area
- Jackson Marsh State Natural Area
- Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve
- Grasslyn Nature Reserve
- Pebble Creek Natural Area
- Newport Conifer-Hardwoods State Natural Area
- South Bluff/Devil's Nose State Natural Area
- Ephraim Nature Preserve at Anderson Pond
- Baraboo River Floodplain Forest State Natural Area
- Oak Road Nature Preserve
- Roger Popple Nature Area
- Peninsula Park Beech Forest State Natural Area
- Amery Environmental Education Area
- Waunakee Arboretum
- Terrell's Island
- Oconomowoc River Conservancy
- Paul Quick Conservancy
- Bogus Swamp State Natural Area
- High Falls Dam Recreation Area
- New Auburn Wildlife Area
- Fischer Property
- Ramond C Brice County Forest
- Campbellsport Drumlins State Park
- Ice Age Trail Junction Area
- Four Seasons Nature Preserve
- Springvale Wet Prairie State Natural Area
- Nevin Springs Fishery and Wildlife Area
- Dekorra Public Hunting Grounds
- Lakeland Union High School Forest
- Oakland Conservation Club
- Cumberland School Forest
- Prairie Moraine County Park
- Merrill Memorial Forest Wildlife Area
- Arena Pines & Sand Barrens State Natural Area
- Kiel Marsh Wildlife Area
- Steenbock Preserve
- Point Beach State Forest
- Joan Stevens Woods
- Olson Oak Woods State Natural Area
- School District of West Salem Outdoor Education Center
- Holland Sand Prairie State Natural Area
- Detroit Harbor State Natural Area
- Richter Community Forest Nature Preserve
- Charles Brassure Conservancy
- Hawkins Hemlock-Hardwood Forest State Natural Area
- First Island
- Battle Bluff Prairie State Natural Area
- Medford School Forest
- Blue Mounds Wildlife Area
- Suckut Waterfowl Production Area
- Bluff Creek State Natural Area
- Wallace E. Zabler Nature Preserve
- Bear Creek Fishing Area
- Schoof's Preseve
- Drywood Wildlife Area
- Doorland Preserve, Ltd.
- Donges Bay Gorge
- Snake Creek State Public Fishing Area
- Greenwood Wildlife Area
- Bear Creek Nature Preserve
- Steffan Waterfowl Production Area
- Pike Hole (WDNR)
- Graber Pond Nature Preserve
- Hook Lake Bog State Natural Area
- Houghdahl North Waterfowl Production Area
- Hoeth Forest
- Hay Creek Nature Reserve
- Lautenbach Woods Nature Preserve
- Morton Forest
- Goth Conservancy
- Black Walnut Preserve
- Black Earth Creek Natural Resource Area - Black Earth Creek Headwaters
- Lemonweir Bottomland Hardwood Forest State Natural Area
- Europe Bay Woods State Natural Area
- Rocky Run Preserve
- Mullet Creek State Wildlife Area
- Clapp Waterfowl Production Area
- Wild Ones Wild Center
- Pickerel Lake Fen State Natural Area
- Gotham Jack Pine Barrens State Natural Area
- Marathon County Forest- Kronenwetter Unit
- Gasner Hollow Prairie State Natural Area
- Castle Creek Conservancy
- Glocke Lake State Natural Area
- Ellison Bluff State Natural Area
- Eau Galle River Wildlife Area
- Jenni & Kyle Preserve
- Elcho School Forest
- Genesee Oak Opening & Fen State Natural Area
- George Rogers Living Forest
- Bauer-Brockway Barrens State Natural Area
- Maine State Wildlife Area
- Rice Lake Refuge
- Lima Bog State Natural Area
- Coon Fork Barrens State Natural Area
- EAA Nature Center
- Alabama Lake State Habitat Area
- Miscauno Cedar Swamp State Natural Area
- Swamplovers Nature Preserve
- Fourmile Island Rookery State Natural Area
- Cherney State Natural AreaBuilt 1967
- Burlington State Habitat Area