Welcome to Crex Meadows

Wildlife Area

Dale Bohlke's videos taken at Crex and Fish Lake

New video of wolves in the Fish Lake Wildlife Area!

INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRAIRIE GARDEN AND RESTORATION AREA

"Conservation is getting nowhere because it is incompatible with our Abrahamic concept of land. We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect." — Aldo Leopold

We NOW HAVE A

GROUP FORUM 

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CURRENT MEMBERS CLICK HERE

link to the crex blogspot

SPAGHETTI FEED TO BENEFIT THE LAND ACQUISITION FUND:  SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 4:30 PM UNTIL SOLD OUT

SIREN MOOSE LODGE, EAST ON HIGHWAY 70 TOWARD SPOONER. 

TICKETS $6, OR $5 IN ADVANCE (PURCHASE AT CREX MEADOWS).  $4 KIDS UNDER 10.

SILENT AUCTION OF ART PRINTS DURING DINNER

INTERPRETIVE PROGRAM BY ALI CORDIE BEFORE DINNER AT 3:30PM.

Trumpeter Swan Program: August 22nd, 4:00 - 5:00pm at the Visitor Center

Full Moon Series Program: August 24th, 7:00 - 8:30pm

CLICK HERE FOR UPDATES ON THE WILDLIFE ACTIVITY AT CREX

CLICK HERE FOR THE 2010 NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY SEMINAR INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

THE EVENTS PAGE IS FULLY UPDATED WITH ALL EVENTS COMING UP IN 2010.  CHECK IT OUT!

NEW THIS YEAR - GUIDED TOURS OF THE WILDLIFE AREAS.  fOR A FEE, YOU CAN RESERVE A TOUR GUIDE.  SEVERAL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU GET TO KNOW CREX MEADOWS BETTER.  yOU CAN DRAW FROM A POOL OF EXPERTS IN BIRDING, WILDFLOWERS, MUSHROOMS, INSECTS, AND MORE!  click here FOR DETAILS AND RATES.

A part of  Wisconsin's scenic Indianhead Country, the Crex Meadows Wildlife Area is located in beautiful Burnett County, just north of the Village of Grantsburg. At 30,000 acres Crex is one of the largest state owned wildlife area in Wisconsin.  This intensively managed property is home to 270 species of birds and 750 species of plants. A wide variety of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and insects also reside here. Originally part of the Northern Wisconsin Pine Barrens, it is now the state's largest remaining portion of this globally endangered ecosystem.  The rare sedge marsh and brush prairie habitats make the area a utopia for wildlife which, in turn, makes Crex a paradise for bird watchers, naturalists, botanists, hunters, and all the other hearty explorers who are interested in the great bounty that nature offers. 

The visitor center is open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday and from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday until mid-November. You can enjoy the wildlife area any time of day or night.  Maps and other information are always available outside the visitor center. Please enjoy a virtual tour of Crex, just click on the links to the left to travel to the area that interests you.  We are sure that your tour will lead you to our door for the "real deal" one day. 

We have a new fundraising tool:  Recycle your used inkjet cartridges, laser toner cartridges and cell phones with us.  Just drop them by the visitor center when you are in the area.  We will turn them in to recycle4fundraising.com.  Each cartridge/phone brings in up to $4.  Every little bit helps and adds up.

Join the Photography Club at Crex Meadows.  The next meeting will take place on Saturday, September 11 from 10:00 a.m. to Noon at the Crex Meadows Wildlife Education and Visitor Center.  The purpose of the club is to share images taken at Crex and the surrounding area with fellow photographers, to learn new techniques, and to share good photo locations on Crex.  Membership is free and open to all, membership in Friends of Crex encouraged. For more information, Click Here. 

LOOKING FOR GREAT GIFTs FOR THOSE HARD-TO-BUY-for friends and family?  OUR GIFT SHOP HAS FIELD GUIDES and BOOKS ABOUT HUNTING, BIRDING, WILDFLOWERS, INSECTS AND MORE.  we HAVE LOTS OF GREAT GIFTS FOR KIDS, FROM BINOCULARS, BOOKS AND CLOTHES, TO GAMES, STUFFED ANIMALS, PUPPETS AND TOYS.  STOP IN AND CHECK IT OUT!  members OF friends OF Crex RECEIVE A 10% discount.

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FRIENDS OF CREX, INC.   102 EAST CREX AVENUE, GRANTSBURG WISCONSIN 54840   (715) 463-2739         www.crexmeadows.org

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