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VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Visit. This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river vistas. The west-side and east-side trail systems provide the opportunity to explore the natural features that make the CRWA one of the premier areas of the entire county. BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Birds. There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. Also to be seen are Red-tailed Hawks (rare in winter), Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Pileated, Red-bellied, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Crow, Chickadee TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Trails. The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, as well as soil disturbance and the VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA These wildflowers are just one part of a wide variety of vegetation in the 800-plus acres of Cannon River Wilderness Area. Some of the plant communities, such as the calcareous fen, bluff prairie, and floodplain forest, are quite rare in Minnesota. Some were identified by the 1990 Minnesota County Biological Survey as being of high quality.DETAILED HISTORY
At the beginning. When Ken and Jackie May built a home (1954-1955) on the east side of the Cannon River off State Highway 20 on the edge of the future park, there were only two farm houses along the highway. On the other side of the river there were also a scattering of farmhousesatop the bluffs.
EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in JuneGENERAL GEOLOGY
The Cannon River Wilderness Area occupies a valley that was created during the last Ice Age (more than 12,000 years ago). Huge amounts of glacial melt water during the waning stages of the last Ice Age incised the Cannon River through the Wilderness Area. GUIDE TO CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA NATURE TRAIL 5 TROUT LILY - a single plant can (vegetatively) give rise to a large patch of plants which can be older than any tree in the forest (look down hill). Seeds are spread by ants, which are attracted by special nutritious growths on the seeds. BLOODROOT - flowers with DEPOSITION AND EROSION Deposition and Erosion. Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing. What isn’t so obvious is that the black soil that is being eroded is not actually native to the valley bottom – it wasdeposited there
FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Explore. Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. Members have undertaken such projects as giving guided walks,publishing
VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Visit. This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river vistas. The west-side and east-side trail systems provide the opportunity to explore the natural features that make the CRWA one of the premier areas of the entire county. BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Birds. There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. Also to be seen are Red-tailed Hawks (rare in winter), Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Pileated, Red-bellied, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Crow, Chickadee TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Trails. The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, as well as soil disturbance and the VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA These wildflowers are just one part of a wide variety of vegetation in the 800-plus acres of Cannon River Wilderness Area. Some of the plant communities, such as the calcareous fen, bluff prairie, and floodplain forest, are quite rare in Minnesota. Some were identified by the 1990 Minnesota County Biological Survey as being of high quality.DETAILED HISTORY
At the beginning. When Ken and Jackie May built a home (1954-1955) on the east side of the Cannon River off State Highway 20 on the edge of the future park, there were only two farm houses along the highway. On the other side of the river there were also a scattering of farmhousesatop the bluffs.
EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in JuneGENERAL GEOLOGY
The Cannon River Wilderness Area occupies a valley that was created during the last Ice Age (more than 12,000 years ago). Huge amounts of glacial melt water during the waning stages of the last Ice Age incised the Cannon River through the Wilderness Area. GUIDE TO CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA NATURE TRAIL 5 TROUT LILY - a single plant can (vegetatively) give rise to a large patch of plants which can be older than any tree in the forest (look down hill). Seeds are spread by ants, which are attracted by special nutritious growths on the seeds. BLOODROOT - flowers with DEPOSITION AND EROSION Deposition and Erosion. Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing. What isn’t so obvious is that the black soil that is being eroded is not actually native to the valley bottom – it wasdeposited there
NEWS ARTICLES
DNR Requests Deer Hunt In the CRWA – December 1, 2020 – Jeanine Vorland, Area Wildlife Manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources today went before the Rice County Board of Commissioners. They were meeting as a Committee of the Whole. It was the only item on their agenda at the Government Services Building in Faribault. ANIMALS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Ten kinds of mammals, 5 amphibians, and 3 snakes are all likely to be living and reproducing in the park. With luck one can see White-tailed Deer, Coyote, Red Fox, EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in JuneCOVID-19 TIME
All of the trails in the Cannon River Wilderness Area Park remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic, and while we invite you to make full use of the trails we also strongly urge everyone to practice safe, healthyhabits.
GENERAL GEOLOGY
The Cannon River Wilderness Area occupies a valley that was created during the last Ice Age (more than 12,000 years ago). Huge amounts of glacial melt water during the waning stages of the last Ice Age incised the Cannon River through the Wilderness Area. WEST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Bridge-West Side; Cannon River Bank in May; Shady Forest Bank; River Bluffs; West Side Canoe AccessSUMMER VEGETATION
Yarrow in bloom; Spiderwort 2; Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area 2021 . Powered by WordPress ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PAPERS Publications specific to the Cannon River Wilderness Area: Analysis And Photomicrographs Of Iron Springs In The CRWA, Dr. Daniel Jones, University of Minnesota, 2015.FALL VEGETATION
Bottled Gentian; Golden Rod and Vetch; Culvers Root? Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Birds soar over hill; Oak Savannah-East Side;Fiske Creek valley
HISTORY: CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA History: That this area should persist in such diversity and beauty while other areas around it have experienced dra-matic change is owed largely to the efforts of two landowners FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, andriver vistas.
TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest.DETAILED HISTORY
The Rice County Wilderness Area: A Concise History. What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left O let them be left, wildness and wet BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA CRWA Bird List There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights.FIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area) VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Besides offering good birding conditions, springtime treats visitors to a colorful succession of the so-called ephemerals, the early-blooming wildflowers that emerge in DEPOSITION AND EROSION Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing.NEWS ARTICLES
DNR Requests Deer Hunt In the CRWA – December 1, 2020 – Jeanine Vorland, Area Wildlife Manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources today went before the Rice County Board of Commissioners. They were meeting as a Committee of the Whole. It was the only item on their agenda at the Government Services Building in Faribault. GUIDE TO CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA NATURE TRAIL 5 TROUT LILY - a single plant can (vegetatively) give rise to a large patch of plants which can be older than any tree in the forest (look down hill). Seeds are spread by ants, which are attracted by special nutritious growths on the seeds. BLOODROOT - flowers with FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, andriver vistas.
TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest.DETAILED HISTORY
The Rice County Wilderness Area: A Concise History. What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left O let them be left, wildness and wet BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA CRWA Bird List There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights.FIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area) VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Besides offering good birding conditions, springtime treats visitors to a colorful succession of the so-called ephemerals, the early-blooming wildflowers that emerge in DEPOSITION AND EROSION Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing.NEWS ARTICLES
DNR Requests Deer Hunt In the CRWA – December 1, 2020 – Jeanine Vorland, Area Wildlife Manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources today went before the Rice County Board of Commissioners. They were meeting as a Committee of the Whole. It was the only item on their agenda at the Government Services Building in Faribault. GUIDE TO CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA NATURE TRAIL 5 TROUT LILY - a single plant can (vegetatively) give rise to a large patch of plants which can be older than any tree in the forest (look down hill). Seeds are spread by ants, which are attracted by special nutritious growths on the seeds. BLOODROOT - flowers withFIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area) EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in JuneGENERAL GEOLOGY
The Cannon River Wilderness Area occupies a valley that was created during the last Ice Age (more than 12,000 years ago). Huge amounts of glacial melt water during the waning stages of the last Ice Age incised the Cannon River through the Wilderness Area. ANIMALS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Ten kinds of mammals, 5 amphibians, and 3 snakes are all likely to be living and reproducing in the park. With luck one can see White-tailed Deer, Coyote, Red Fox, ABOUT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Questions and suggestions about the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area can be emailed to crwa.friends@gmail.com.. Current FCRWA Board Members: Carl Henry, President and TreasurerBRIEF HISTORY
“This ought to be a park. Don’t you think?” Aylmer (Barney) Code voiced this sentiment to Jackie May in 1966, as they wandered through a section of the beautiful Cannon River WEST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Bridge-West Side; Cannon River Bank in May; Shady Forest Bank; River Bluffs; West Side Canoe AccessNEWS ARTICLES
DNR Requests Deer Hunt In the CRWA – December 1, 2020 – Jeanine Vorland, Area Wildlife Manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources today went before the Rice County Board of Commissioners. They were meeting as a Committee of the Whole. It was the only item on their agenda at the Government Services Building in Faribault.FALL VEGETATION
Bottled Gentian; Golden Rod and Vetch; Culvers Root? Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Birds soar over hill; Oak Savannah-East Side;Fiske Creek valley
PHOTOS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Projects and Events; Geological Features and East Side Erosion; West Side Through the Year ; Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area 2021 . Powered by WordPress FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Explore. Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. Members have undertaken such projects as giving guided walks,publishing
VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Visit. This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river vistas. The west-side and east-side trail systems provide the opportunity to explore the natural features that make the CRWA one of the premier areas of the entire county. BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Birds. There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. Also to be seen are Red-tailed Hawks (rare in winter), Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Pileated, Red-bellied, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Crow, Chickadee ANIMALS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Ten kinds of mammals, 5 amphibians, and 3 snakes are all likely to be living and reproducing in the park. With luck one can see White-tailed Deer, Coyote, Red Fox, TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Trails. The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, as well as soil disturbance and the VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA These wildflowers are just one part of a wide variety of vegetation in the 800-plus acres of Cannon River Wilderness Area. Some of the plant communities, such as the calcareous fen, bluff prairie, and floodplain forest, are quite rare in Minnesota. Some were identified by the 1990 Minnesota County Biological Survey as being of high quality.FIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area) GUIDE TO CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA NATURE TRAIL 5 TROUT LILY - a single plant can (vegetatively) give rise to a large patch of plants which can be older than any tree in the forest (look down hill). Seeds are spread by ants, which are attracted by special nutritious growths on the seeds. BLOODROOT - flowers with DEPOSITION AND EROSION Deposition and Erosion. Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing. What isn’t so obvious is that the black soil that is being eroded is not actually native to the valley bottom – it wasdeposited there
HISTORY: CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA History: That this area should persist in such diversity and beauty while other areas around it have experienced dra-matic change is owed largely to the efforts of two landowners FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Explore. Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. Members have undertaken such projects as giving guided walks,publishing
VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Visit. This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river vistas. The west-side and east-side trail systems provide the opportunity to explore the natural features that make the CRWA one of the premier areas of the entire county. BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Birds. There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. Also to be seen are Red-tailed Hawks (rare in winter), Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Pileated, Red-bellied, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Crow, Chickadee ANIMALS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Ten kinds of mammals, 5 amphibians, and 3 snakes are all likely to be living and reproducing in the park. With luck one can see White-tailed Deer, Coyote, Red Fox, TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Trails. The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, as well as soil disturbance and the VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA These wildflowers are just one part of a wide variety of vegetation in the 800-plus acres of Cannon River Wilderness Area. Some of the plant communities, such as the calcareous fen, bluff prairie, and floodplain forest, are quite rare in Minnesota. Some were identified by the 1990 Minnesota County Biological Survey as being of high quality.FIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area) GUIDE TO CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA NATURE TRAIL 5 TROUT LILY - a single plant can (vegetatively) give rise to a large patch of plants which can be older than any tree in the forest (look down hill). Seeds are spread by ants, which are attracted by special nutritious growths on the seeds. BLOODROOT - flowers with DEPOSITION AND EROSION Deposition and Erosion. Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing. What isn’t so obvious is that the black soil that is being eroded is not actually native to the valley bottom – it wasdeposited there
HISTORY: CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA History: That this area should persist in such diversity and beauty while other areas around it have experienced dra-matic change is owed largely to the efforts of two landowners ANIMALS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Ten kinds of mammals, 5 amphibians, and 3 snakes are all likely to be living and reproducing in the park. With luck one can see White-tailed Deer, Coyote, Red Fox,FIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area)DETAILED HISTORY
At the beginning. When Ken and Jackie May built a home (1954-1955) on the east side of the Cannon River off State Highway 20 on the edge of the future park, there were only two farm houses along the highway. On the other side of the river there were also a scattering of farmhousesatop the bluffs.
GENERAL GEOLOGY
The Cannon River Wilderness Area occupies a valley that was created during the last Ice Age (more than 12,000 years ago). Huge amounts of glacial melt water during the waning stages of the last Ice Age incised the Cannon River through the Wilderness Area.COVID-19 TIME
All of the trails in the Cannon River Wilderness Area Park remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic, and while we invite you to make full use of the trails we also strongly urge everyone to practice safe, healthyhabits.
PROJECTS AND EVENTS
Geology Classes Can Use The Park Again, October 2019 Carleton College Professor Cam Davidson and his Introduction To Geology Class were happy to be able to get into their field area again! PHOTOS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Projects and Events; Geological Features and East Side Erosion; West Side Through the Year ; Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area 2021 . Powered by WordPressBRIEF HISTORY
“This ought to be a park. Don’t you think?” Aylmer (Barney) Code voiced this sentiment to Jackie May in 1966, as they wandered through a section of the beautiful Cannon RiverSUMMER VEGETATION
Yarrow in bloom; Spiderwort 2; Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area 2021 . Powered by WordPressFALL VEGETATION
Bottled Gentian; Golden Rod and Vetch; Culvers Root? Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Birds soar over hill; Oak Savannah-East Side;Fiske Creek valley
FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Explore. Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. Members have undertaken such projects as giving guided walks,publishing
VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Visit. This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river vistas. The west-side and east-side trail systems provide the opportunity to explore the natural features that make the CRWA one of the premier areas of the entire county. BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Birds. There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. Also to be seen are Red-tailed Hawks (rare in winter), Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Pileated, Red-bellied, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Crow, Chickadee ANIMALS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Ten kinds of mammals, 5 amphibians, and 3 snakes are all likely to be living and reproducing in the park. With luck one can see White-tailed Deer, Coyote, Red Fox, TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Trails. The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, as well as soil disturbance and the VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA These wildflowers are just one part of a wide variety of vegetation in the 800-plus acres of Cannon River Wilderness Area. Some of the plant communities, such as the calcareous fen, bluff prairie, and floodplain forest, are quite rare in Minnesota. Some were identified by the 1990 Minnesota County Biological Survey as being of high quality.FIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area) GUIDE TO CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA NATURE TRAIL 5 TROUT LILY - a single plant can (vegetatively) give rise to a large patch of plants which can be older than any tree in the forest (look down hill). Seeds are spread by ants, which are attracted by special nutritious growths on the seeds. BLOODROOT - flowers with DEPOSITION AND EROSION Deposition and Erosion. Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing. What isn’t so obvious is that the black soil that is being eroded is not actually native to the valley bottom – it wasdeposited there
HISTORY: CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA History: That this area should persist in such diversity and beauty while other areas around it have experienced dra-matic change is owed largely to the efforts of two landowners FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Explore. Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. Members have undertaken such projects as giving guided walks,publishing
VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Visit. This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river vistas. The west-side and east-side trail systems provide the opportunity to explore the natural features that make the CRWA one of the premier areas of the entire county. BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Birds. There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. Also to be seen are Red-tailed Hawks (rare in winter), Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Pileated, Red-bellied, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Crow, Chickadee ANIMALS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Ten kinds of mammals, 5 amphibians, and 3 snakes are all likely to be living and reproducing in the park. With luck one can see White-tailed Deer, Coyote, Red Fox, TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Trails. The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, as well as soil disturbance and the VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA These wildflowers are just one part of a wide variety of vegetation in the 800-plus acres of Cannon River Wilderness Area. Some of the plant communities, such as the calcareous fen, bluff prairie, and floodplain forest, are quite rare in Minnesota. Some were identified by the 1990 Minnesota County Biological Survey as being of high quality.FIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area) GUIDE TO CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA NATURE TRAIL 5 TROUT LILY - a single plant can (vegetatively) give rise to a large patch of plants which can be older than any tree in the forest (look down hill). Seeds are spread by ants, which are attracted by special nutritious growths on the seeds. BLOODROOT - flowers with DEPOSITION AND EROSION Deposition and Erosion. Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing. What isn’t so obvious is that the black soil that is being eroded is not actually native to the valley bottom – it wasdeposited there
HISTORY: CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA History: That this area should persist in such diversity and beauty while other areas around it have experienced dra-matic change is owed largely to the efforts of two landowners ANIMALS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Ten kinds of mammals, 5 amphibians, and 3 snakes are all likely to be living and reproducing in the park. With luck one can see White-tailed Deer, Coyote, Red Fox,FIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area)DETAILED HISTORY
At the beginning. When Ken and Jackie May built a home (1954-1955) on the east side of the Cannon River off State Highway 20 on the edge of the future park, there were only two farm houses along the highway. On the other side of the river there were also a scattering of farmhousesatop the bluffs.
COVID-19 TIME
All of the trails in the Cannon River Wilderness Area Park remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic, and while we invite you to make full use of the trails we also strongly urge everyone to practice safe, healthyhabits.
GENERAL GEOLOGY
The Cannon River Wilderness Area occupies a valley that was created during the last Ice Age (more than 12,000 years ago). Huge amounts of glacial melt water during the waning stages of the last Ice Age incised the Cannon River through the Wilderness Area.PROJECTS AND EVENTS
Geology Classes Can Use The Park Again, October 2019 Carleton College Professor Cam Davidson and his Introduction To Geology Class were happy to be able to get into their field area again! PHOTOS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Projects and Events; Geological Features and East Side Erosion; West Side Through the Year ; Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area 2021 . Powered by WordPressBRIEF HISTORY
“This ought to be a park. Don’t you think?” Aylmer (Barney) Code voiced this sentiment to Jackie May in 1966, as they wandered through a section of the beautiful Cannon RiverSUMMER VEGETATION
Yarrow in bloom; Spiderwort 2; Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area 2021 . Powered by WordPressFALL VEGETATION
Bottled Gentian; Golden Rod and Vetch; Culvers Root? Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Birds soar over hill; Oak Savannah-East Side;Fiske Creek valley
FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Explore. Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. Members have undertaken such projects as giving guided walks,publishing
VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Visit. This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river vistas. The west-side and east-side trail systems provide the opportunity to explore the natural features that make the CRWA one of the premier areas of the entire county. BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Birds. There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. Also to be seen are Red-tailed Hawks (rare in winter), Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Pileated, Red-bellied, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Crow, Chickadee TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Trails. The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, as well as soil disturbance and the VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA These wildflowers are just one part of a wide variety of vegetation in the 800-plus acres of Cannon River Wilderness Area. Some of the plant communities, such as the calcareous fen, bluff prairie, and floodplain forest, are quite rare in Minnesota. Some were identified by the 1990 Minnesota County Biological Survey as being of high quality.DETAILED HISTORY
At the beginning. When Ken and Jackie May built a home (1954-1955) on the east side of the Cannon River off State Highway 20 on the edge of the future park, there were only two farm houses along the highway. On the other side of the river there were also a scattering of farmhousesatop the bluffs.
FIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area) GUIDE TO CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA NATURE TRAIL 5 TROUT LILY - a single plant can (vegetatively) give rise to a large patch of plants which can be older than any tree in the forest (look down hill). Seeds are spread by ants, which are attracted by special nutritious growths on the seeds. BLOODROOT - flowers with DEPOSITION AND EROSION Deposition and Erosion. Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing. What isn’t so obvious is that the black soil that is being eroded is not actually native to the valley bottom – it wasdeposited there
HISTORY: CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA History: That this area should persist in such diversity and beauty while other areas around it have experienced dra-matic change is owed largely to the efforts of two landowners FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Explore. Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. Members have undertaken such projects as giving guided walks,publishing
VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Visit. This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river vistas. The west-side and east-side trail systems provide the opportunity to explore the natural features that make the CRWA one of the premier areas of the entire county. BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Birds. There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. Also to be seen are Red-tailed Hawks (rare in winter), Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Pileated, Red-bellied, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Crow, Chickadee TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Trails. The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, as well as soil disturbance and the VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA These wildflowers are just one part of a wide variety of vegetation in the 800-plus acres of Cannon River Wilderness Area. Some of the plant communities, such as the calcareous fen, bluff prairie, and floodplain forest, are quite rare in Minnesota. Some were identified by the 1990 Minnesota County Biological Survey as being of high quality.DETAILED HISTORY
At the beginning. When Ken and Jackie May built a home (1954-1955) on the east side of the Cannon River off State Highway 20 on the edge of the future park, there were only two farm houses along the highway. On the other side of the river there were also a scattering of farmhousesatop the bluffs.
FIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area) GUIDE TO CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA NATURE TRAIL 5 TROUT LILY - a single plant can (vegetatively) give rise to a large patch of plants which can be older than any tree in the forest (look down hill). Seeds are spread by ants, which are attracted by special nutritious growths on the seeds. BLOODROOT - flowers with DEPOSITION AND EROSION Deposition and Erosion. Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing. What isn’t so obvious is that the black soil that is being eroded is not actually native to the valley bottom – it wasdeposited there
HISTORY: CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA History: That this area should persist in such diversity and beauty while other areas around it have experienced dra-matic change is owed largely to the efforts of two landownersNEWS ARTICLES
DNR Requests Deer Hunt In the CRWA – December 1, 2020 – Jeanine Vorland, Area Wildlife Manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources today went before the Rice County Board of Commissioners. They were meeting as a Committee of the Whole. It was the only item on their agenda at the Government Services Building in Faribault. ANIMALS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Ten kinds of mammals, 5 amphibians, and 3 snakes are all likely to be living and reproducing in the park. With luck one can see White-tailed Deer, Coyote, Red Fox,FIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area) EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in June ABOUT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Questions and suggestions about the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area can be emailed to crwa.friends@gmail.com.. Current FCRWA Board Members: Carl Henry, President and TreasurerGENERAL GEOLOGY
The Cannon River Wilderness Area occupies a valley that was created during the last Ice Age (more than 12,000 years ago). Huge amounts of glacial melt water during the waning stages of the last Ice Age incised the Cannon River through the Wilderness Area. WEST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Bridge-West Side; Cannon River Bank in May; Shady Forest Bank; River Bluffs; West Side Canoe Access PHOTOS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Projects and Events; Geological Features and East Side Erosion; West Side Through the Year ; Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area 2021 . Powered by WordPressBRIEF HISTORY
“This ought to be a park. Don’t you think?” Aylmer (Barney) Code voiced this sentiment to Jackie May in 1966, as they wandered through a section of the beautiful Cannon RiverFALL VEGETATION
Bottled Gentian; Golden Rod and Vetch; Culvers Root? Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Birds soar over hill; Oak Savannah-East Side;Fiske Creek valley
FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREAGLACIER CANYON WILDERNESS Explore. Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. Members have undertaken such projects as giving guided walks,publishing
VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Visit. This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river vistas. The west-side and east-side trail systems provide the opportunity to explore the natural features that make the CRWA one of the premier areas of the entire county. BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Birds. There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. Also to be seen are Red-tailed Hawks (rare in winter), Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Pileated, Red-bellied, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Crow, Chickadee TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Trails. The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, as well as soil disturbance and the VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA These wildflowers are just one part of a wide variety of vegetation in the 800-plus acres of Cannon River Wilderness Area. Some of the plant communities, such as the calcareous fen, bluff prairie, and floodplain forest, are quite rare in Minnesota. Some were identified by the 1990 Minnesota County Biological Survey as being of high quality.DETAILED HISTORY
At the beginning. When Ken and Jackie May built a home (1954-1955) on the east side of the Cannon River off State Highway 20 on the edge of the future park, there were only two farm houses along the highway. On the other side of the river there were also a scattering of farmhousesatop the bluffs.
EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in June WEST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Bridge-West Side; Cannon River Bank in May; Shady Forest Bank; River Bluffs; West Side Canoe Access DEPOSITION AND EROSION Deposition and Erosion. Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing. What isn’t so obvious is that the black soil that is being eroded is not actually native to the valley bottom – it wasdeposited there
FALL VEGETATION
Bottled Gentian; Golden Rod and Vetch; Culvers Root? Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Birds soar over hill; Oak Savannah-East Side;Fiske Creek valley
FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREAGLACIER CANYON WILDERNESS Explore. Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. Members have undertaken such projects as giving guided walks,publishing
VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Visit. This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river vistas. The west-side and east-side trail systems provide the opportunity to explore the natural features that make the CRWA one of the premier areas of the entire county. BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Birds. There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. Also to be seen are Red-tailed Hawks (rare in winter), Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Pileated, Red-bellied, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Crow, Chickadee TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Trails. The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, as well as soil disturbance and the VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA These wildflowers are just one part of a wide variety of vegetation in the 800-plus acres of Cannon River Wilderness Area. Some of the plant communities, such as the calcareous fen, bluff prairie, and floodplain forest, are quite rare in Minnesota. Some were identified by the 1990 Minnesota County Biological Survey as being of high quality.DETAILED HISTORY
At the beginning. When Ken and Jackie May built a home (1954-1955) on the east side of the Cannon River off State Highway 20 on the edge of the future park, there were only two farm houses along the highway. On the other side of the river there were also a scattering of farmhousesatop the bluffs.
EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in June WEST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Bridge-West Side; Cannon River Bank in May; Shady Forest Bank; River Bluffs; West Side Canoe Access DEPOSITION AND EROSION Deposition and Erosion. Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing. What isn’t so obvious is that the black soil that is being eroded is not actually native to the valley bottom – it wasdeposited there
FALL VEGETATION
Bottled Gentian; Golden Rod and Vetch; Culvers Root? Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Birds soar over hill; Oak Savannah-East Side;Fiske Creek valley
ANIMALS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Ten kinds of mammals, 5 amphibians, and 3 snakes are all likely to be living and reproducing in the park. With luck one can see White-tailed Deer, Coyote, Red Fox,DETAILED HISTORY
At the beginning. When Ken and Jackie May built a home (1954-1955) on the east side of the Cannon River off State Highway 20 on the edge of the future park, there were only two farm houses along the highway. On the other side of the river there were also a scattering of farmhousesatop the bluffs.
EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in JuneFIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area)NATURAL FEATURES
Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area 2021 . Powered byWordPress
GENERAL GEOLOGY
The Cannon River Wilderness Area occupies a valley that was created during the last Ice Age (more than 12,000 years ago). Huge amounts of glacial melt water during the waning stages of the last Ice Age incised the Cannon River through the Wilderness Area.SUMMER VEGETATION
Yarrow in bloom; Spiderwort 2; Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area 2021 . Powered by WordPress INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE Big Woods Forest. This was the most common type of forest in Rice County at the time of Euroamerican settlement in the 1850s. Today this forest is dominated by sugar maple and basswood and you will also seemany red oak.
IDENTIFIED PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN THE CRWA Fauna and Flora List, compiled by Ed and Cynnie Buchwald, February 2015.. Bird Checklist, with information about relative abundance and seasons sighted, provided by GUIDE TO CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA NATURE TRAIL 5 TROUT LILY - a single plant can (vegetatively) give rise to a large patch of plants which can be older than any tree in the forest (look down hill). Seeds are spread by ants, which are attracted by special nutritious growths on the seeds. BLOODROOT - flowers with FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREAGLACIER CANYON WILDERNESS Explore. Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. Members have undertaken such projects as giving guided walks,publishing
VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Visit. This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river vistas. The west-side and east-side trail systems provide the opportunity to explore the natural features that make the CRWA one of the premier areas of the entire county. BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Birds. There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. Also to be seen are Red-tailed Hawks (rare in winter), Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Pileated, Red-bellied, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Crow, Chickadee TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Trails. The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, as well as soil disturbance and the VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA These wildflowers are just one part of a wide variety of vegetation in the 800-plus acres of Cannon River Wilderness Area. Some of the plant communities, such as the calcareous fen, bluff prairie, and floodplain forest, are quite rare in Minnesota. Some were identified by the 1990 Minnesota County Biological Survey as being of high quality.DETAILED HISTORY
At the beginning. When Ken and Jackie May built a home (1954-1955) on the east side of the Cannon River off State Highway 20 on the edge of the future park, there were only two farm houses along the highway. On the other side of the river there were also a scattering of farmhousesatop the bluffs.
EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in June WEST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Bridge-West Side; Cannon River Bank in May; Shady Forest Bank; River Bluffs; West Side Canoe Access DEPOSITION AND EROSION Deposition and Erosion. Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing. What isn’t so obvious is that the black soil that is being eroded is not actually native to the valley bottom – it wasdeposited there
FALL VEGETATION
Bottled Gentian; Golden Rod and Vetch; Culvers Root? Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Birds soar over hill; Oak Savannah-East Side;Fiske Creek valley
FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREAGLACIER CANYON WILDERNESS Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, andriver vistas.
BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA CRWA Bird List There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Besides offering good birding conditions, springtime treats visitors to a colorful succession of the so-called ephemerals, the early-blooming wildflowers that emerge in EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in JuneDETAILED HISTORY
The Rice County Wilderness Area: A Concise History. What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left O let them be left, wildness and wet WEST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Bridge-West Side; Cannon River Bank in May; Shady Forest Bank; River Bluffs; West Side Canoe Access DEPOSITION AND EROSION Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing.FALL VEGETATION
Bottled Gentian; Golden Rod and Vetch; Culvers Root? Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Birds soar over hill; Oak Savannah-East Side;Fiske Creek valley
ANIMALS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Ten kinds of mammals, 5 amphibians, and 3 snakes are all likely to be living and reproducing in the park. With luck one can see White-tailed Deer, Coyote, Red Fox,DETAILED HISTORY
At the beginning. When Ken and Jackie May built a home (1954-1955) on the east side of the Cannon River off State Highway 20 on the edge of the future park, there were only two farm houses along the highway. On the other side of the river there were also a scattering of farmhousesatop the bluffs.
EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in JuneFIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area)NATURAL FEATURES
Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area 2021 . Powered byWordPress
GENERAL GEOLOGY
The Cannon River Wilderness Area occupies a valley that was created during the last Ice Age (more than 12,000 years ago). Huge amounts of glacial melt water during the waning stages of the last Ice Age incised the Cannon River through the Wilderness Area.SUMMER VEGETATION
Yarrow in bloom; Spiderwort 2; Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area 2021 . Powered by WordPress INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE Big Woods Forest. This was the most common type of forest in Rice County at the time of Euroamerican settlement in the 1850s. Today this forest is dominated by sugar maple and basswood and you will also seemany red oak.
IDENTIFIED PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN THE CRWA Fauna and Flora List, compiled by Ed and Cynnie Buchwald, February 2015.. Bird Checklist, with information about relative abundance and seasons sighted, provided by GUIDE TO CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA NATURE TRAIL 5 TROUT LILY - a single plant can (vegetatively) give rise to a large patch of plants which can be older than any tree in the forest (look down hill). Seeds are spread by ants, which are attracted by special nutritious growths on the seeds. BLOODROOT - flowers with FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREAGLACIER CANYON WILDERNESS Explore. Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. Members have undertaken such projects as giving guided walks,publishing
VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Visit. This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river vistas. The west-side and east-side trail systems provide the opportunity to explore the natural features that make the CRWA one of the premier areas of the entire county. BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Birds. There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. Also to be seen are Red-tailed Hawks (rare in winter), Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Pileated, Red-bellied, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Crow, Chickadee TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Trails. The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, as well as soil disturbance and the VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA These wildflowers are just one part of a wide variety of vegetation in the 800-plus acres of Cannon River Wilderness Area. Some of the plant communities, such as the calcareous fen, bluff prairie, and floodplain forest, are quite rare in Minnesota. Some were identified by the 1990 Minnesota County Biological Survey as being of high quality.DETAILED HISTORY
At the beginning. When Ken and Jackie May built a home (1954-1955) on the east side of the Cannon River off State Highway 20 on the edge of the future park, there were only two farm houses along the highway. On the other side of the river there were also a scattering of farmhousesatop the bluffs.
EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in June WEST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Bridge-West Side; Cannon River Bank in May; Shady Forest Bank; River Bluffs; West Side Canoe Access DEPOSITION AND EROSION Deposition and Erosion. Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing. What isn’t so obvious is that the black soil that is being eroded is not actually native to the valley bottom – it wasdeposited there
FALL VEGETATION
Bottled Gentian; Golden Rod and Vetch; Culvers Root? Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Birds soar over hill; Oak Savannah-East Side;Fiske Creek valley
FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREAGLACIER CANYON WILDERNESS Explore. Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. Members have undertaken such projects as giving guided walks,publishing
VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Visit. This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river vistas. The west-side and east-side trail systems provide the opportunity to explore the natural features that make the CRWA one of the premier areas of the entire county. BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Birds. There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. Also to be seen are Red-tailed Hawks (rare in winter), Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Pileated, Red-bellied, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Crow, Chickadee TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Trails. The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, as well as soil disturbance and the VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA These wildflowers are just one part of a wide variety of vegetation in the 800-plus acres of Cannon River Wilderness Area. Some of the plant communities, such as the calcareous fen, bluff prairie, and floodplain forest, are quite rare in Minnesota. Some were identified by the 1990 Minnesota County Biological Survey as being of high quality.DETAILED HISTORY
At the beginning. When Ken and Jackie May built a home (1954-1955) on the east side of the Cannon River off State Highway 20 on the edge of the future park, there were only two farm houses along the highway. On the other side of the river there were also a scattering of farmhousesatop the bluffs.
EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in June WEST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Bridge-West Side; Cannon River Bank in May; Shady Forest Bank; River Bluffs; West Side Canoe Access DEPOSITION AND EROSION Deposition and Erosion. Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing. What isn’t so obvious is that the black soil that is being eroded is not actually native to the valley bottom – it wasdeposited there
FALL VEGETATION
Bottled Gentian; Golden Rod and Vetch; Culvers Root? Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Birds soar over hill; Oak Savannah-East Side;Fiske Creek valley
ANIMALS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Ten kinds of mammals, 5 amphibians, and 3 snakes are all likely to be living and reproducing in the park. With luck one can see White-tailed Deer, Coyote, Red Fox,DETAILED HISTORY
The Rice County Wilderness Area: A Concise History. What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left O let them be left, wildness and wet EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in JuneFIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area)NATURAL FEATURES
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GENERAL GEOLOGY
The Cannon River Wilderness Area occupies a valley that was created during the last Ice Age (more than 12,000 years ago). Huge amounts of glacial melt water during the waning stages of the last Ice Age incised the Cannon River through the Wilderness Area.SUMMER VEGETATION
Yarrow in bloom; Spiderwort 2; Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area 2021 . Powered by WordPress INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE Big Woods Forest. This was the most common type of forest in Rice County at the time of Euroamerican settlement in the 1850s. Today this forest is dominated by sugar maple and basswood and you will also seemany red oak.
IDENTIFIED PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN THE CRWA Fauna and Flora List, compiled by Ed and Cynnie Buchwald, February 2015.. Bird Checklist, with information about relative abundance and seasons sighted, provided by GUIDE TO CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA NATURE TRAIL 5 TROUT LILY - a single plant can (vegetatively) give rise to a large patch of plants which can be older than any tree in the forest (look down hill). Seeds are spread by ants, which are attracted by special nutritious growths on the seeds. BLOODROOT - flowers with FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREAGLACIER CANYON WILDERNESS Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, andriver vistas.
BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA CRWA Bird List There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Besides offering good birding conditions, springtime treats visitors to a colorful succession of the so-called ephemerals, the early-blooming wildflowers that emerge in EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in JuneDETAILED HISTORY
The Rice County Wilderness Area: A Concise History. What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left O let them be left, wildness and wet WEST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Bridge-West Side; Cannon River Bank in May; Shady Forest Bank; River Bluffs; West Side Canoe Access DEPOSITION AND EROSION Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing.FALL VEGETATION
Bottled Gentian; Golden Rod and Vetch; Culvers Root? Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Birds soar over hill; Oak Savannah-East Side;Fiske Creek valley
FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREAGLACIER CANYON WILDERNESS Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. VISIT – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, andriver vistas.
BIRDS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA CRWA Bird List There are a minimum of 50 species of nesting birds. All year round one may see or hear great horned or barred owls at dawn or dusk or on moonlit nights. TRAILS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. VEGETATION – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Besides offering good birding conditions, springtime treats visitors to a colorful succession of the so-called ephemerals, the early-blooming wildflowers that emerge in EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in JuneDETAILED HISTORY
The Rice County Wilderness Area: A Concise History. What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left O let them be left, wildness and wet WEST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Bridge-West Side; Cannon River Bank in May; Shady Forest Bank; River Bluffs; West Side Canoe Access DEPOSITION AND EROSION Even a casual walk through the park, especially from the east entrance, reveals tremendous amounts of active erosion in the floor of the valley which people often find disturbing.FALL VEGETATION
Bottled Gentian; Golden Rod and Vetch; Culvers Root? Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Birds soar over hill; Oak Savannah-East Side;Fiske Creek valley
ANIMALS – FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA Ten kinds of mammals, 5 amphibians, and 3 snakes are all likely to be living and reproducing in the park. With luck one can see White-tailed Deer, Coyote, Red Fox,DETAILED HISTORY
The Rice County Wilderness Area: A Concise History. What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left O let them be left, wildness and wet EAST SIDE THROUGH THE YEAR Henry Fiske Cabin Site; Cannon River in May; Cannon River Banks in May; Cannon River in late summer; Fall on the Cannon; CRWA in fall; Fen Guidepost; Calcareous Fen in JuneFIELD GUIDES
Guide to the Cannon River Wilderness Area Nature Trail (this is the trail over the hill on the west side of the park and it is currently closed due to damage from the Sept. 2018 tornado). Minnesota At A Glance: Bedrock Geology of Southeastern Minnesota . Minnesota At A Glance: Fossils Of Southern Minnesota (although they are rarely found in the Cannon River Wilderness Area)NATURAL FEATURES
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GENERAL GEOLOGY
The Cannon River Wilderness Area occupies a valley that was created during the last Ice Age (more than 12,000 years ago). Huge amounts of glacial melt water during the waning stages of the last Ice Age incised the Cannon River through the Wilderness Area.SUMMER VEGETATION
Yarrow in bloom; Spiderwort 2; Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area 2021 . Powered by WordPress INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE Big Woods Forest. This was the most common type of forest in Rice County at the time of Euroamerican settlement in the 1850s. Today this forest is dominated by sugar maple and basswood and you will also seemany red oak.
IDENTIFIED PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN THE CRWA Fauna and Flora List, compiled by Ed and Cynnie Buchwald, February 2015.. Bird Checklist, with information about relative abundance and seasons sighted, provided by GUIDE TO CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREA NATURE TRAIL 5 TROUT LILY - a single plant can (vegetatively) give rise to a large patch of plants which can be older than any tree in the forest (look down hill). Seeds are spread by ants, which are attracted by special nutritious growths on the seeds. BLOODROOT - flowers with __ crwa.friends@gmail.com FRIENDS OF THE CANNON RIVER WILDERNESS AREAMenu
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The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, asExplore
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This unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem encompasses a range of habitats, from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river vistas. The west-side and east-side trail systems provide the opportunity to explore the natural features that make the CRWA one of the premier areas of the entire county. Cannon River Wilderness Areafacilities
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The trails that originate near the picnic shelter on the west side of the park provide easy access to some very different plant communities. If you head toward the river you will walk through flood plain forest. The vegetation here must be able to survive wet roots for weeks or months at a time, asExplore
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Besides offering good birding conditions, springtime treats visitors to a colorful succession of the so-called ephemerals, the early-blooming wildflowers that emerge in early spring and disappear by early summer. Early bloomers such as Hepatica, Bloodroot, Wild Ginger, and Dutchman’s Breeches give way to others, such as Spring Beauty, Bellwort, and Trout Lily. Not often spottedExplore
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Founded in 1995, the Friends of the Cannon River Wilderness Area (FCRWA) is a volunteer group that aims to carry on the founding citizens’ engagement by preserving and enhancing the many natural values of the park, a unique remnant of the Big Woods ecosystem. Members have undertaken such projects as giving guided walks, publishing maps and brochures, and donating a 20 acre parcel to the east side of the CRWA. We have also worked with Rice County Parks personnel to locate trails, plant trees, eradicate buckthorn, and conduct controlled burns. Our efforts have been greatly enhanced by the work of the local Boy Scout Troop 337, research by St. Olaf and Carleton professors and students, and projects by the Minnesota Conservation Corps. Our newest undertaking is the ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY project for the stretch of County 20 (Cannon City Boulevard) nearest the park. We welcome new members to share in our endeavors! Most of all, the FCRWA wants to encourage responsible enjoyment and appreciation of this unique resource in all seasons. The Cannon River Wilderness Area includes approximately 850 acres of wooded river valley, extending for three miles along both sides of the Cannon River between Northfield and Faribault. Many of the natural features of the park make it one of the premier areas of the entire county, with habitats that range from maple-basswood forest to prairie, calcareous fen, and river bank plant communities. “_A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled, where humans are visitors who do not remain._” (adapted from The Wilderness Act of 1964, written by Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Society) The west side of the park is located at the end of 151st Street East, Northfield, MN, and is accessed from Hwy. 3, approximately five miles south of Northfield and four miles north of Faribault. The east side entrance is located on Cannon City Blvd (Hwy. 20), approximately three miles from Hwy. 3. It features a rustic trail that leads through a valley much altered in the past 30 years by erosion but rich in wild flowers and opportunities for bird-watching, To log your own phenology observations, visit our Facebook Group.
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