CrexMeadows In the News

-We are listed as Resort and Lodges' website's #9 Best Kept Secret here.  We love the press, but don't really want to be a secret - please tell all your friends about us!

-Crex Meadows was reviewed in a recent issue of Outdoor Adventures Magazine.  Click here to view the article.

-Crex Meadows is featured in the OCTOBER 2006 issue of Birder's World Magazine as the featured Hot Spot.  Here is an excerpt from the article written by Andy Paulios.

Bounty of the Barrens

A chorus of rails, sparrows, bitterns, and wrens makes Crex Meadows the place to be when the sun rises over northwestern Wisconsin.

As I turned off the alarm at 2 a.m., I briefly wondered what causes a person to decide to forgo six or more hours of sleep. By the looks on my birding buddies' faces, I knew they were thinking the same thing, but after a Big Day pep talk and a jolt of coffee, we were on the back roads of Burnett County, Wisconsin, headed to the fabled pumphouse at Crex Meadows Wildlife Area.

On the 15-minute drive, ace birder Jim Williams and I ran through the birds that we had missed last year on our way to 161 species in the county. My brother Jason was along on his maiden voyage to Crex, and I was convinced that he would bring us new-birder luck. Three jewels of the large sedge meadows greeted us at the refuge. "Le Conte's Sparrow! Sharp-tailed Sparrow! YELLOW RAIL!" my brother not so calmly announced as we exited the car. In a 10-second span, we had heard three species that make the refuge fantastic and draw birders from all over the Midwest. Suddenly, we didn't mind that it was 2:30 a.m. We were alive with the possibilities of another magical day.

Check out the online version HERE to read the whole article.  

-Crex was also featured in Outdoor Photography recently, here is a LINK to that website.

-The history of Crex Carpet Company was recently highlighted in the Winter 2006 issue of the Ramsey County (Minnesota) Historical Society magazine.  For more information about how to order a copy of the magazine and about this important piece of history, please visit their website, http://www.rchs.com/crex/crex.htm.

-Are you interested in helping to make sure that these and other wonderful events continue at Crex Meadows?  A non-profit organization exists called Friends of Crex that funded the creation and construction as well as ongoing support of the Crex Meadows Wildlife Education and Visitor Center, and we want you to join us!  Click here for more information and to print a membership form.

-When you visit, please stop by the Wildlife Education and Visitor Center.  We are open seven days a week beginning April 1. Our hours are M-F 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

For more information on all events, please visit our coming events page.

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