WI 10. Mud Lake Wildlife Area. Acreage: 750. ^ 



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 Location: Door County; Sister Bay 15' Quadrangle; between North Bay and Q 



Baileys Harbor; immediately N of the Ridges Sanctuary. O 



Description: Mud Lake is a shallow (5 ft) and elongate lake in a 750-acre tim- — 



bered swamp. The major water source is a spring-fed stream. Marl is the domi- 

 nant bottom type. Trees in the swamp are white cedar, elm, and black ash, 

 mostly of pole size. Northern pike and smallmouth bass spawn in the lake and 

 trout frequent the lower part. Scaup and Redheaded Ducks are the most com- 

 mon waterfowl. 



Ownership: State of Wisconsin, except for 20 acres owned by The Ridges Sanc- 

 tuary. 



Data source: William Tans, Department of Natural Resources, Box 450, Madis- 

 on, Wis. 53706. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Harold Shine, Department of Natural Resources, 

 Green Bay, Wis. 54300; Roy Lukes, The Ridges Sanctuary, Baileys Harbor, Wis. 

 54202. 



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