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WI 4. Chiwaukee Prairie. Acreage: 150. 



Location: Kenosha County; Kenosha 7.5' Quadrangle; S of Kenosha; reached 

 via Highway 32 S to Tobin Road, E 0.5 mile across RR to area S of Tobin Road. 



Description: A series of ridges and swales just behind the dunes of Lake 

 Michigan, forming wet prairie and wet-mesic prairie habitat. This is the best 

 prairie of this type remaining in Wisconsin. Over 250 species have been listed. It 

 is part of old glacial Lake Michigan bed. Designated as a State Scientific Area. 



Encroachments: Dumping, hunting, and flower collecting have occurred. 



Ownership: 39 acres by TNC; administered by the University of Wisconsin, 

 Kenosha Center, Kenosha, Wis. 53140. 



Data source: Orie L. Loucks, Botany Department, University of Wisconsin, 

 Madison, Wis. 53706. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Dr. James Olson, Botany Department, Kenosha 

 Center, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, Wis. 53140; C. E. Germain, Depart- 

 ment of Natural Resources, Box 450, Madison, Wis. 53701. 



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