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WI 3. Chippewa River Bottoms. Acreage: 1 1 ,000. 



£ Location: Buffalo County; Wabasha, Minn. -Wis., Arkansaw, and Durand 



Q quadrangles; bottom lands of the Chippewa River between Lake Pepin and Du- 



£0 rand, 15 miles upstream. 



Description: This is a typical flood-plain hardwood forest of silver maple, Amer- 

 ican elm, river birch, and ash, and open sedge meadows and oxbow lakes. 



Encroachments: Though timber was cut years ago, the area has been left alone 

 for the past 30 years. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources plans to 

 continue this approach on the acreage under its jurisdiction. 



Ownership: 410 acres owned and administered by the Wisconsin Department of 

 Natural Resources as the Tiffany Bottoms Wildlife Area; the southern portion is 

 part of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge, BSFW. 



Data source: C. E. Germain, Ecologist, and D. R. Thompson, Technical Ser- 

 vices Section, Department of Natural Resources, Southern Area Headquarters, 

 Route No. 4, Madison, Wis. 5371 1. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Orie L. Loucks, Department of Botany, Universi- 

 ty of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 53706. 



