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Dane County Chapter Hike – Brooklyn Wildlife Segment
August 20, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Photo Credit: MacKenzie McDermit.
The Hike
The Brooklyn Wildlife segment traverses an area featuring highly eroded glacial deposits from an earlier glacial advance more than 60,000 years ago. The segment highlights meadows, woodlands, oak savannas, and colorful prairies. The variety of habitats in the area results in great bird-watching opportunities. Herons and cranes fish in the Story Creek wetlands and plenty of turkeys resting with their young can be stirred up on sandy portions of the segment. Volunteers from the Friends of Brooklyn Wildlife Area and the Ice Age Trail Alliance’s Dane County Chapter have worked extensively on prairie restoration and removal of invasive species throughout the Brooklyn Wildlife Area. When heading north from the blue spur trail from the Hwy DD South parking lot, you will encounter a particularly impressive overlook and view from the Trail of the Story Creek wetlands and the Johnstown Moraine. Heading south of the blue spur trail will lead to a trail-side hand water pump.
Event Details
We’ll explore several miles of the Brooklyn Wildlife Area along the Ice Age Trail — maybe around 5 miles total. There’s several parking areas on that segment – we’re meeting in the larger one in the middle of the segment. Should see lots of summer prairie plants, but we’ll also be in some wooded areas that should be a bit shadier at times.
Well behaved dogs on leash are welcome.
Location
The ‘Hwy DD South’ parking lot entrance is about .8 miles south of the Dane County Hwy D intersection with Hwy DD, and just north of the Green County line.