Ecology & Management of the Spread Eagle Barrens

Ecology & Management of the Spread Eagle Barrens
Date: Feb. 18, 2025
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

The next Outdoor Education program will be Tuesday, February 18th at 6:00 pm in Florence featuring Carly Lapin, WDNR Northcentral Region Ecologist. Carly’s presentation will discuss the history, ecology and current planning and management of Spread Eagle Barrens State Natural Area (SEBSNA).

The SEBSNA is located in northeast Wisconsin near Florence, Wisconsin, and Iron Mountain, Michigan. It was established in 1995 to protect an extensive landscape of bracken grassland or 'barrens.' Bracken grassland is a regionally unique type of Pine Barrens only present in northeastern Wisconsin. Spread Eagle Barrens has a unique combination of six different natural communities, which range from lowlands, where frost may occur at any time of year, to uplands, where bracken fern, jack pines and other small trees dominate.

Because of the diversity of communities, this state natural area is home to an exceptional variety of plant and animal species, including several that are rare or threatened. Spread Eagle Barrens is owned by the WDNR and We Energies.

This program starts at 6:00 pm in the lower level conference room at the Florence Natural Resource Center building located on the corner of US 2 and Highway 101/70 in Florence (5628 Forestry Drive). You may attend in person, or sign up to attend virtually via a Zoom link by registering at www.ExploreFlorenceCounty.com. On the Events page click on this event and then click on “click here for virtual Zoom meeting link”.

Location: Florence Wild Rivers Interpretive Center, lower level conference room

Address:

5628 Forestry Drive
Florence, WI, 54121
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Contact Email: wgehlhoff@florencecountywi.gov
Contact Name: Wendy Gehlhoff
Contact Phone Number: 7155285920